American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Eastern Carp Sucker Carpiodes cyprinus (Le Sueur) • In the Potomac and the streams about Chesapeake Bay occursC cyprinus, the Eastern carp sucker, which resembles C. veliferexcept that its opercles are smooth. Neither of these species isof much or any food-value. \ GENUS CYCLEPTUS RAFINESQUE This genus differs from Ictiobus and Carpiodes, the onlyother genera having a long dorsal fin, in having the fontanelleobl
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . Eastern Carp Sucker Carpiodes cyprinus (Le Sueur) • In the Potomac and the streams about Chesapeake Bay occursC cyprinus, the Eastern carp sucker, which resembles C. veliferexcept that its opercles are smooth. Neither of these species isof much or any food-value. \ GENUS CYCLEPTUS RAFINESQUE This genus differs from Ictiobus and Carpiodes, the onlyother genera having a long dorsal fin, in having the fontanelleobliterated by the union of the parietal bones, and in the veryelongate body. Only one species is Gourd-seed Sucker; Blackhorse CyclepUis clojigatiis (Le Sueur) This singular and interesting fish is known only from theMississippi Valley, where it is rather common in the largerstreams. It reaches a length of 2 to feet, and is perhaps morehighly esteemed as a food-fish than any other member of thefamily. It is usually caught in seines or on set-lines. Besides the vernacular names given above, it is also knownas Missouri sucker, sweet sucker, and suckerel. Head 6 to ; depth 4 to 5; eye 6 to 7 in head; D. 30;A 7 or 8; V. 10; scales 9-56-7. Body unusually long and slen-der, moderately compressed, not much elevated; caudal pedunclelong; head very small, short and slender, its upper surfacerounded; mouth small, entirely inferior, overlapped by the pro-jecting snout; upper lip thick, pendant, covered with severalrows of tubercles; lower lip moderate, formed somewhat as inCatostomus, but less full, incised behind; jaws with rudimentary 44 The Mountain Sucker cartilaginous sheath; ey
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