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4. Anieiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Yellow cat. (a,b.) Common. Not esteemed as a food-fish and 
of little commercial value. 
5. JElurichtliys marinus (Mitchill). Silver cat. This fish is casually seen in Edenton Bay, and 
is recognized by the fishermen as a straggler from salt-water. It is called “silver catfish,” 
as I am informed by Mr. J. L. Leary, of the U. S. Fish Commission, who has taken it while 
shad-fishing. 
6 Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepede). (a.) A single specimen, 4 J inches long, was obtained at Edenton. 
It has an obscure dark bar along the side and about six broad irregular cross-bars of a 
dark bluish color in life. Body above dusky, with a bronze reflection, below cream color. 
Dorsal and caudal rays dark ; ventral and pectoral fins pale, with dark tips. Head, 4 ; depth, 
34; eye, 44; dorsal, 12; anal, 6; ventral, 9; scales, 45-16. 
7. Moxostoma crassilabre (Cope). Bedhorse; Bedhorse mullet; Sucking mullet; Trout sucker; Golden 
mullet; Golden-finned mullet, (b.) [ Ptychostomus crassilabris Cope; Moxostoma crassilabre, 
Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis; not Moxostoma crassilabre, Jordan, Manual, 5th ed., which is 
Moxostoma breviceps (Cope).] Fish which are provisionally identified as this species are 
common in the sound at this time and are taken with the shad and alewives, with which 
species they appear to be ascending the rivers. All the common names given were heard 
at Edenton and vicinity. “ Golden mullet ” and “ golden-finned mullet ” are tradenames, 
which are also in use at Elizabeth City and other j daces on the sound. The smaller indi- 
viduals with plainer colors are usually known as “ sucking mullet ” and “ trout suckers,” the 
other names being applied to the large marketable fish. 
An example 15 inches long from the pound nets at Reedv Point seems to be identical 
with a single large fish taken by Jordan in the Little River, a branch of the Neuse, at 
Goldsboro, N. C. Back elevated, compressed, the greatest depth 3]- in length. Head 
very small, 5 in length, broad above. Snout blunt, overhanging mouth. Mouth moderate, 
the lips plicate, the lower lip truncate behind and finely papillose. Eye 4 ,j : in head, 2i- in 
interorbital, 14 in snout. Dorsal with the free border rather deeply incised, the longest 
ray longer than head and base of fine; dorsal rays, ii, 13. Caudal lobes about equal. Scales, 
6-45-5. General color pale yellowish-red, dusky above, lighter beneath, with silvery 
reflections. Lower fins pale orange or red, the dorsal with a black membrane. Each scale 
abpve lateral line with a dark spot at base of exposed part, this marking being most pro- 
nounced on the back. Cope’s description of M. crassilabre agrees very closely with the 
foregoing, the only noticeable variation being in the color of the lower fins, which Cope 
says are white. 
8. Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz. Clioby. (a.) Six specimens, largest 2f inches long. Head, 4 to 
4f; depth, 4 to 44; eye, 3 to 3| ; scales, 5-39-4 to 5-41-4; scales before dorsal, 13; dorsal, 8; 
anal, 7. 
9. Notropishudsonius (Clinton). Clioby. (c.) Only one specimen, similar to those from the Pasquo- 
tank River and with the teeth 2,4-4, 2. Length, 24 inches; head, 4; depth, 44; eye, 24 in 
head, 4- in snout, f in interorbital ; scales, 6-34-3 ; scales before dorsal, 14 ; dorsal, 8 ; anal, 8. 
Dorsal over ventrals. A black spot at base of caudal. Teeth slightly hooked, with grind- 
ing surface. 
10. Notropis niveus (Cope), (a.) Abundant; 27 specimens, the largest If inches in length. Body 
above cross-hatched with pale brownish; a dark lateral band. Head, 4; depth, 44- to4f; 
eye, 3 to 34-; dorsal, 8; anal, 8 or 9; scales, 6-35-3 to 6-38-3; scales before dorsal, 15 or 16; 
teeth, 1, 4-4,1 or 1, 4-4,0, slightly hooked, with grinding surface. 
Dr. Charles H. Gilbert lias kindly examined an example of this series, and, while he 
would not express a final opinion in the absence of other specimens, thinks it referable to 
this species. Dr. Jordan records this fish from the upper waters of the Chowan, Roanoke, 
Pamlico, and other rivers of North Carolina, where it was found to present so many varia- 
tions that he is “not sure whether it is really distinct from -A. whipplei.” There are in the 
collection of Prof. B. W. Evermann, from the Tar River at Rocky Mount, N. C., some speci- 
mens of this species similar in all respects to those from Edenton. 
