. 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 . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. Short-nosed Sucker contributing, with Catostomus aniens, to make that lake the "greatest sucker pond in the ; Head 3I; depth 5; eye 6 to 7; scales 9-63-8; D. 11; A. 7; inter- orbital space broad, 2\ in head; width of the open mouth 3^- in head; dorsal elevated in front, its longest ray twice the length of the last and about equal to base of fin; caudal deeply forked, the
. 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 . Fishes; Fishes; Fishes. Short-nosed Sucker contributing, with Catostomus aniens, to make that lake the "greatest sucker pond in the ; Head 3I; depth 5; eye 6 to 7; scales 9-63-8; D. 11; A. 7; inter- orbital space broad, 2\ in head; width of the open mouth 3^- in head; dorsal elevated in front, its longest ray twice the length of the last and about equal to base of fin; caudal deeply forked, the lower lobe the longer; lower fins small. Colour, dusky above, pale below; back and sides profusely covered with dark punctulations. Length 18 inches or less. Short-nosed Sucker Chasvtisies In evirostris Cope This species is known only from the Klamath Lakes of Oregon. It attains a length of 12 to 18 inches and is a food-fish of some value to the Indians, who know it as the " ; Snout 2\ to 2| in head; mandible i^ in snout; interorbital width 2\ in head; D. 11; A. 9; scales 13-73-12; premaxillary spines not produced to form a hump on the snout; lower lip fold present on the sides of the mandible; each lip with small, inconspicuous, sparse tubercles, in 3 or 4 series on the upper lip; ventrals extending | distance to vent; scales with strong concentric striae. Colour, dark above, silvery on lower part of side and on belly; fins all Klamath Lake Sucker Chasniistes stomias Gilbert This is another species ot Chasniistes inhabiting Upper Klamath 55. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Evermann, Barton Warren, joint author. Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page
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