The American angler . iscalled stone-slider by the fishermenat Presque Isle, in Lake Erie, and isconsidered to be a most excellent lurefor the black bass of that water. Another species of the Catostomimerits attention: the northern sucker—Catostomiis catostonius. Its distinguish-ing feature is the snout, which consid-erably overhangs the mouth and ismuch longer than in the commonsucker (C. teres). The mouth is large,but with a thin upper lip, upon whichare two to four rows of papillae. Thereare ten to eleven rays in the dorsal finand usually seven in the anal. This fishranges all through the G

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The American angler . iscalled stone-slider by the fishermenat Presque Isle, in Lake Erie, and isconsidered to be a most excellent lurefor the black bass of that water. Another species of the Catostomimerits attention: the northern sucker—Catostomiis catostonius. Its distinguish-ing feature is the snout, which consid-erably overhangs the mouth and ismuch longer than in the commonsucker (C. teres). The mouth is large,but with a thin upper lip, upon whichare two to four rows of papillae. Thereare ten to eleven rays in the dorsal finand usually seven in the anal. This fishranges all through the Great Lake sys-tem westward to Alaska. Dr. Beantells us that it is very common in LakeErie and extremelyabundant northward,reaching a weight of five pounds inAlaska, where, and in other northernsections, the head and roe are used inmaking a palatable soup. There are several species of theCatostomi which appear to be peculiarto the Rocky Mountain region, of twoof which we give illustrations. They H a Zo 3- 3-O 05 co a. CD su<< COco;r(» n

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