Suckers. 
Fort Verde, Arizona, August 27, 1884. The following 
is a description of a fish ( ) caught in a dip-net in 
Feaver Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, near Fort Verde, 
Arizona: The specimen, in size, is below the average, but was 
the only one caught to-day. Total length, 280 mm.; tail 48; snout 
to occiput, 55; to eye, 33; to opercule, 63; depth of eye, 8.5; 
depth of head at orbit, 32; length of dorsal fin, 37; height of 
dorsal fin, 38; length of anal fin, 18; its depth, 39; (length of 
pectoral, 41; depth of body, midway between occiput and dorsal fin, 
54. Fin rays: Caudal, 18; dorsal, 12; pectoral, 16; ventral, 9; 
anal, 8. Scales in lateral line, 60. Interorbital space, 23; 
length of eye, 9.5. Upper lip with five (5) rows of tubercles. 
Lower lip also very full, with ten or more rows of tubercles. 
Botes on Fishes . Largest specimen of Long-heade d Sucker . 
Lat. 1. 62 scales. 12 scales in cross series above 1.1. 10 
scales 1.1. to ventral fin. D. 11; P. 15; V. 9; A. 7. 
Black - sided Sucker . Lat. 1. 77. 8 scales above 1.1. 
12 rows below 1.1. (to border of ventral). D.ll; P.15; V.9; A.7. 
Sharp - nosed . Long -headed Sucker. Lateral line of 64 scales. 
Scales in the longitudinal series next above the lateral line, 60. 
Rows of scales between the lateral line and the dorsal fin, 8; 
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between the lateral line and the ventral fin, 10. D.ll; P.15, 
V.9; A.7. 
Upper lip with about 8 rows of papillae, lower lip with about 
10 rows of papillae. Length (exclusive of caudal), 360 mm.; 
caudal, 65 mm.; caudal fork (i.e. emargination), 24; length of 
head, 97; from tip of snout to eye, 46; orbit, 15; eye, 11; from 
posterior border of eye to opercle, 43; depth of body, 77mm. 
Black - sided , Sh o rt-he aded Sucker . Length of head, 64 mm.; 
tip of snout to eye, 38; length of eye, 8; from eye to end of 
opercle, 26; height (depth) of body, 60; length, 270, exclusive 
of caudal, which measures 53 mm. Fork of tail (emargination), 
13. Scales of lateral line, 72. Scales in series next above 
lateral line, 71; "scales in series above dorsal, 73 (don’t know 
what I meant to write)". Peritoreum black. Scales between dorsal 
and 1.1., 7; bet. 1.1. and ventral, 11. D.ll; P.15; V.9; A.7. 
Upper lip with three rows of papillae. Lower lip with about 8 
rows of papillae, and not incised. 
Big - headed Suc ker. Length (without tail), 200; tail, 40; 
head, 50. Scales in lateral line, 66. D.ll; P.15; V.9; A.7. 
Scales in longitudinal series above 1.1. 60. Between dorsal and 
1.1. 9 rows of scales. Between lat.l. and ventral, 11 rows of 
scales. 
In another specimen about the same size, scales 1.1., 62; 
