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It is found near the falls and is only*, small fish 2 or 3. inches 

 long. Its vulgar name is Toter or Stone Toter. (Toter is & 

 Virginia name for carrier.) There is a kind of Chuh in Vir- 

 ginia which bears the same name and has the habit of pushing 

 pebbles with its head in order to form an inclosuve where the 

 female lays its eggs; the name of Toter was given to the Ohio 

 fish owing to the same peculiarity. It is a rare fish and vised 

 as bait. The mouth projects in a short and obtuse snout. Iris 

 terge and gilt. Operculc simple. Pectoral fins lanceolate a- 

 cute, as long as the head and with 1-3 rays. Abdominal fins 

 lanceolate acute, situated neaily half way between the head and 

 the vent, but not reaching it. Dorsal fin trapezoidal. Aual 

 fin elongate. Caudal with 20 rays. 



XXVI Genus. Rxbbonfish. Sa»chiru9. Sarchire*. 

 Body scalelcss slender cylindrical, slightly compressed. Vent 

 posterior.- Head nearly square. Jaws elongated narrow flat 

 with, four rows«of small unequal teeth, the lower one shorter 

 awl moveable, the upper one longer immobile, with an obtuse 

 knob atthe end. Pectoral fins round without rays, but with a thin 

 circular membrane surrounding an adipose base. Abdominal 

 fits anterior with she rays. DorsaTfin posterior nearer to the 

 tail than the ana!. Caudal fin lanceolate, decurrent beneath.. 



A ver)LjW*£|aci genus of the. fa«aUy\ £sogida, dj &^anyfFofti 

 all the genera ot it by-i ts fleihy aoctorj T&flg« It differTbesideg 

 jgpjil JLe/tisosteus by the naked body, and from Ksoj: by the 

 tail Sec. The name means fleshy arms. 



8o Species. Ohio RiBBONi'isn. Sarchirus vitiatus. . Sar- 

 ohire rujbannc. . 



-Back olivaceous brown, and with three longitudinal furrows, a 

 black lateral band from the mouth to the end of the tail, no lat- 

 eral .line.. .BejUy vith a lateral row., of black dots on each side. 

 Jaws obtuse longer than the head. Anal and dorsal fins ovate 

 j^Ui^ttiUltirQ.transvers^ black bands, L the_aoal with ten rays, the 

 dorsal with^nine. Tail unctmilateral acuminate. 

 , $urcairu$_yi(ljiluc. Raf. in Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philadel- 

 ftluaj.V. l,page 418, tab- 17. fig. 2. 



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