. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 438 AMERICAN FISHES. M. auj^eolus, and is common in the markets. Philadelphia receives a large supply from the Susquehanna and the Delaware. It is sometimes called the ''Lake ; There are four species of good size in the Catawba and other streams of the Southern Alleghanies. The Mullets and the Red Horses sometimes grow to the weight of four M THE WESTERN RED HORSE. The ''Buffalo-fish," Bubalicthyince, so called from the
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 438 AMERICAN FISHES. M. auj^eolus, and is common in the markets. Philadelphia receives a large supply from the Susquehanna and the Delaware. It is sometimes called the ''Lake ; There are four species of good size in the Catawba and other streams of the Southern Alleghanies. The Mullets and the Red Horses sometimes grow to the weight of four M THE WESTERN RED HORSE. The ''Buffalo-fish," Bubalicthyince, so called from the bull-like hump on the nape, are found mainly in the river channels of the Mississippi and its tributaries. They are the largest of the Suckers, reaching a weight of fifteen pounds or more. In the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys they form a large percentage of the food-fish consumed. They usually bring a better price than the smaller Suckers, excepting the Black Horse. The Buffalo- fishes are found by Prof. Forbes to feed on small crustaceans more than, do the other Suckers, and less on mollusks. ..^^^^. 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 Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. New York, Standard book co.
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