14 FISHES OF LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



17. Carpiodes tlioiiipsoni Agassiz. Lake Carp. 



[Joi-d. Man. 71. O. St. Suvv. 32,] 



Oblong with high arched back and long dorsal fin, (27 7-ays). 

 Dull white-colored with large coarse scales. Length 15 inches. 



Not very common, though a few are taken every season in the 

 pounds. 



18. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). Common Sucker. 



[Jord. Man. 76. O. St. Surv. 39.] 



Body elongated, scales crowded in front, 6^-7° scales in lat- 

 eral line, whitish, young dusky, often blotched with darker ; length 

 t to i^ feet. 



Very common in all our waters. 



19. CatostoiiillKS JiigTicailS Le Sueur. Stone-roller. 



[Jord. Man. 77. O. St. Surv. 40.] 



Body, stout in front, tapering off rapidly behind ; head very 

 large, body marked with three broad black bands, scales moderate, 

 crowded in front ; length one to two feet. 



This iish is not uncommon in the channels of the larger streams. 

 I have not found it in the smaller streams, nor below the rapids ; it 

 seems to delight in swift running water, and is sometimes speared 

 among the other suckers on the riffles. 



20. Erimyzon sucetta (Lac^pede). Chub Sucker. 



[Jord. Man. 78. O.St. Surv. 41.] 



Body rather compressed, oblong, head short, color plain dusky 

 or brassy, not lustrous ; no lateral lines. The young have a broad 

 lateral band of black. Reaches 10 inches in length. 



Not common. I have taken a few in the lower part of Bea- 

 ver Creek. 



21. Miuytreiiia inelaiiops Rafinesque. Striped Sucker. 



[Jord. Man. 79. O. St. Surv, 42.] 



Body little compressed, about four times as long as deep, lat- 

 eral line \yanting in the young, nearly completed in the adult, 

 color dusky above, sides and belly silvery, a black spot on each 

 scale along the sides, making longitudinal stripes. Length about i c; 

 inches. 



Rare. I have taken two adults, one in Vermillion River, the 

 other in Beaver Creek, and a few small ones in the latter stream. 



