812 FISHES—CATOSTOMID.A. 
Diagnosis.—This species may usually be known by the large head. 
Habits.—I have seen but very few specimens of this species, all from 
the lower Ohio. It is probably rare in this State. 
o4. CARPIODES VELIFER (Rafinesque) Agassiz. 
Carp Sucker; Skimback; Quillback; Sailor; Sailing Sucker; 
Spear-fish. 
?? Catostomus anisopterus, RAFINESQUE, Ich Oh., 1820, 46. (Description at second hand 
and unrecognizable.) 
Catostomus velifer, RAFINESQUE, Ich. Oh., 1820, 56. 
Carpiodes velifer, KIRTLAND, Rep. Zool. Ohio, 1838, 168 —AGassiz, Am. Journ. Sci. Arts, 
2d series, xix, 1855, 191.—Copx, Proc. Am. Philos Soc. Phila., 1870, 482.—JorRDAN, 
Fishes of Ind., 1875, 222; Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist., 1876, 95; Man. Vert., 1876, 
297 ; 2d Ed., 1878, 321; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 34, 1877.—JoRDAN and COPELAND, 
Check List, 1876, 158.—JoRDAN and GILBERT, in Klippart’s First Report Ohio Fish 
Commission, 1877, 87. 
Ichthyobus velifer, NELSON, Bull. No. 1, Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1876, 49. 
Sclerognathus cyprinus, KIRTLAND, Bost. Journ Nat. Hist., v, 1846, 275. (In part; not of 
Cuv. and Val.) 
Description.—Body rather deep, the back arched; head moderate, the muzzle conic, 
projecting, obtusely pointed ; end of the mandible reaching to opposite the nostrils; 
anterior suborbital as deep aslong ; eye moderate, 4 to 44 in head ; first rays of dorsal 
very high, inserted nearer muzzle than base of caudal; color pale; head 3%; depth 24 
to 24; D., 26; scales 7-37-5. Length, one foot. 
Habitat, Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. 
Diagnosis.—This is the only species with the snout conical and the 
- long rays of the dorsal longer than the base of the fin. 
Habits.—This species is abundant in the Ohio River, where it is usually 
known as Quillback, Spear-fish, and Sailor, its lower finned relative, C. 
carpio, being usually known as Carp. I have seen none from Lake Hrie, 
but as it occurs in the lakes of Western New York, it will doubtless be 
found there. 
30. CARPIODES CUTISANSERINUS Cope. 
Long-finned Carp Sucker; Q@uillback. 
Carpiodes cutisanserinus, COPE, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 481.—JoRDAN and 
CoPELAND, Check List, 1876, 158.—JoRDAN, Bull, U. 8. Nat. Mus., 9, 1877, 50; xii, 
1878, 195; Man. Vert., 2d Ed., 321, 1878.— JORDAN and GILBERT, in Klippart’s Rept., 
53, 1876, 
Carpiodes selene, COPE, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 481.—JORDAN and COPELAND, 
Check List, 1876, 168.— JORDAN and GILBERT, in Klippart’s Rept., 1876, 73.—JORDAN, 
Man. Vert., 2d Ed., 1878, 321. 
Ichihyobus difformis, NELSON, Bull. No. 1, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1876, 49. 
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