. Contributions to North American Ichthyology [microform] : based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Ichthyology; Fishes, Fresh-water; Fishes; Ichtyologie; Poissons d'eau douce; Poissons. itt GENUS CARPIODES. 193 common Carp of the Great Lukes. C. carpio is the most aUniKlaut spe- oil's in the Ohio Itiver, where G. veli/cr and C\ cutimnatriniwi also occur ill immense niimbers. I am convinced that neither the number of scales nor the number of tiiirays can be relied on to distiiijjuish species in this genus, the entire laiijje of variation bein().) ^.'ATii
. Contributions to North American Ichthyology [microform] : based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Ichthyology; Fishes, Fresh-water; Fishes; Ichtyologie; Poissons d'eau douce; Poissons. itt GENUS CARPIODES. 193 common Carp of the Great Lukes. C. carpio is the most aUniKlaut spe- oil's in the Ohio Itiver, where G. veli/cr and C\ cutimnatriniwi also occur ill immense niimbers. I am convinced that neither the number of scales nor the number of tiiirays can be relied on to distiiijjuish species in this genus, the entire laiijje of variation bein().) ^.'ATiiiJs Storcr, 184G.â"Snout wlifjlUly advauectl bcyoiiud tlio ; tlio rttri'iiiity of tlio month is supported, as in tlio Catoiitomi, l)y tho iutermaxillary, wUicU !> fuinislit'd in front with^»wi>ll di'volopwl, i>r(>jootinjj, oartila^^iiions fthiiioid. Tlio qiriulit braiu'h in loiij;, and ola styloid form, wiiilo tlio liorizi iital is sborti'iiod, and is smiTo kcol, tho iiiforior odj;o of whioh sorvts merely to support the superior anjjle cf till'mouth. Tho remainder of tho maxillary arch is formed by a fibrous ligament eov- mil l>y a tliin, undiluted lip, reduced to u thin tiud fleshy protubtriuice. Tho upper m is a wide, very solid bony piece, muler which tlo upper lip is partl\' drawn ; tiiis bone is concealed by the first two suborbitals, bciiiy; wider and no less atlvauced than |tiio»e of tho C\ilo»tomi. As to its lips, it is a Leiicisciii^; but the ostcolojjy of its uiuuth Ircsembles tluit of tho Catojtomi. Tho dorsal is long, like that of the Carps. Tho hejul snaked, marked bylines of mucous pores, riiaryngeal teeth eouib-!ike, finer and Bori' eipial than tlioso of the Ctitostomi. Tho air-biaihler is di\!ded into two largo Wh's; the anterior is and roumlcd, with a slight liepressiou at its superior lace; ibcwcoud conical, twlco as long as tho first and followed by two small lobes; tho se;.- Iicd I'oiumuuicates with thi> (esopha
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