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 . robably most abundant in theFrench Broad River and in the Ozark region. Nothing peculiar in its habits is known, and it ranks withthe species of redhorse as a food-fish. Head 4 in length; depth 3f; D. 12 or 13; A. 9. Bodyoblong, moderately compressed, heavy at the shoulders; headlarge, broad, and flattish above, its upper surface somewhat uneven,eye small, behind the middle of the head; mouth large, the lowerjaw
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 . robably most abundant in theFrench Broad River and in the Ozark region. Nothing peculiar in its habits is known, and it ranks withthe species of redhorse as a food-fish. Head 4 in length; depth 3f; D. 12 or 13; A. 9. Bodyoblong, moderately compressed, heavy at the shoulders; headlarge, broad, and flattish above, its upper surface somewhat uneven,eye small, behind the middle of the head; mouth large, the lowerjaw oblique when the mouth is closed, the mouth, therefore, pro-tractile forward as well as downward; lips very thick, coarselyplicate, the lower lip full and heavy, truncate behind; free edgeof dorsal concave, the longest ray longer than base of fin, i^ inhead; upper lobe of caudal narrower than the lower and some-what longer. Colour, dark olive green, the sides brassy, notsilvery; lower fins and caudal orange red. 65 GENUS LAGOCHILA JORDAN&- BRAYTON This is the most peculiar genus of suckers and may be knownreadily by the nonprotractile upper lip and the split lower lip. The. Hare-lip Sucker single species is the hare-lip sucker, cutlips, split-mouth sucker,rabbit-mouth sucker, pea-lip sucker, or May sucker, L. lacera.
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