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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
6. Catostomus insigiiis Baird & Girard. 
Kominal species. 
Locality. 
Collector. 
Authority. 
Catostomus insignis 
Do 
Kio San Pedro 
John H. Clark 
Baird & Girard, 1854. 
Girard, 1856 and 1859. 
Cope & Yarrow, 1876. 
Do. 
Kirsch, 1889. 
Catostomus insigne 
Do 
Ash Creek, Arizona 
Dr. J. T. Eothrock 
Catostomus insignis 
Gila kiver, Ft. Thomas, Ariz 
Lieut. Carpenter 
7. Xyrauchen cypho (Lockiiigton). 
Nominal species. 
Locality. 
Collector. 
Authority. 
Catostomus cyijho 
Xyrauchen cypho 
Do 1 
Colorado Elver at mouth of the 
Gila Elver. 
GilaEiver, Ft. Thomas, Ariz 
Green Kiver, Blake City, Utah . . . 
Lieut. Carpenter 
W. X. Lockington, 1880. 
Kirsch, 1889. 
Jordan, 1889. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do 
Do 
8. Xyrauchen uncompahgre Jordan & Evermann. Types taken in the Uncompahgre River near 
the railway station at Delta, Colo., by Jordan, Everruanu, Fesler & Davis, and described by 
Jordan & Evermann in 1889. 
CYPRINIDAG. (The Minnow Family.) 
The bulk of the species of the Colorado Basin belong to this family.* 
9. Ptychocheilus lucius Girard. 
Nominal species. 
Locality. 
Collector. 
Authority. 
^ Do 
Do 
&. Davis. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Green Elver, Green ‘Elver, “Wyo .. 
1895. 
We did not secure any specimens of this large cypriuoid at Green River, bnt were told that it is 
a common fish in that part of the Green River. It is locally known as “whitefish,” “white salmon," 
or “salmon,” and individuals weighing 8 to 10 pounds are often taken with the hook. 
10. Gila elegans Baird & Girard. 
Nominal species. 
Locality. 
Collector. 
Authority. 
and 18536. 
Do 
Girard,' 1856, 1858. 
Do. 
Do. 
lio 
Cope, 1871. 
Do 
Do 
Cope & Yarrow, 1876. 
Do 
Do. 
Jordan, Evermann, Fesler 
Jordan, 1889. 
& Davis. 
Do . 
Green Kiver, Blake City, Utah... 
Do. 
* Cypriuus c.irpio Lmmeus. The German Carp. This species was iutroduccd from Europe into the United States in 
1875 by the Government, and even earlier by private individuals. From the pond.s it has escaped to the rivers and i.s 
now found in many of the larger rivers, including the Colorado. 
