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AMERICAN FISHES . 
M. aureolus , and is common in the markets. Philadelphia receives a 
large supply from the Susquehanna and the Delaware. It is sometimes- 
called the “ Lake Shad.” There are four species of good size in the- 
Catawba and other streams of the Southern Alleghanies. The Mullets, 
and the Red Horses sometimes grow to the weight of four pounds. 
The “Buffalo-fish,” Bubalicthyinoe , so called from the bull-like hump* 
on the nape, are found mainly in the river channels of the Mississippi 
and its tributaries. They are the largest of the Suckers, reaching a weight, 
of fifteen pounds or more. In the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys they form 
a large percentage of the food-fish consumed. They usually bring a better 
price than the smaller Suckers, excepting the Black Horse. The Buffalo- 
fishes are found by Prof. Forbes to feed on small crustaceans more than-, 
do the other Suckers, and less on mollusks. 
THE BUFFALO FISH. 
Icthyobus bubalus, is abundant in the larger streams of the Mississippi. 
