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 . ward to Kansas and Nebraska,and south to Texas, and is usually abundant, especially west ofthe Mississippi. It closely resembles the common bullhead,but can usually be easily distinguished by the smaller anal fin, thelight rays and dark membranes of the anal fin, and the smallersize. Its habits are essentially those of the related species. It thrivesin small ponds, especially in those with muck bottom, and on th
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 . ward to Kansas and Nebraska,and south to Texas, and is usually abundant, especially west ofthe Mississippi. It closely resembles the common bullhead,but can usually be easily distinguished by the smaller anal fin, thelight rays and dark membranes of the anal fin, and the smallersize. Its habits are essentially those of the related species. It thrivesin small ponds, especially in those with muck bottom, and on thisspecies in Wyoming County, New York, the senior writer madehis first experiments in fish-culture. Head 3f in length of body; depth ^\ to 4ki A. 17 to very short and deep; head broad behind, rather contractedanteriorly, the front steeply elevated; pectoral spine short, 2\ to 3in head; base of anal fin short, only about \ length of body;jaws nearly equal; barbels longer than head; humeral process ratherlong and rough. Colour, almost black, often varying to yellowish 30 The Flatheaded Cat; Brown Cat and brown; anal rays white, in marked contrast witii the WJ Flatheaded Cat; Brown Cat Amehiriis platycephalus (Girard) Head3|; depth 51- to 8; A. 16 to 20. Body extremely long,mesially nearly round; head low, flat and broad, especially in oldexamples, its width 3 to s in length of body; upper jaw stronglyprojecting; dorsal fin high. | length of head, its spine nearersnout than adipose fin; caudal fin emarginate. Colour, clear olivebrown, varying into yellowish or greenish; a dark horizontal barat base of dorsal. Length 15 to 18 inches. This is the most slender species of the genus, and is almostentirely herbivorous as to its food, its elongate intestine beingusually well-filled with water plants. It is abundant in the streams of the Carolinas and Georgiafrom Cape Fear to the Chattahoochee. It is regarded as a goodfood-fish. GE}^US LEPTOPS RAFINESQUEMud Cats B
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