Fishes . ^ Fi<i. 304 -HufTalo-fish, Ictiobu^ cyprinella (Cuv. & Normal, 111. abound in the large rivers and lakes between the Rocky Mountainsand the Alleghanies, one species being found in Central Americaand a species of a closely related genus {Myxocyprinus asiaticus). Fig. 305.—Carp-sucker, Carpiodes cyprimis (Le Sueur). Havre de Grace. being reported from eastern Asia. They rarely ascend thesmaller rivers except for the purpose of spawning. Althoughso abundant in the Mississippi Valley as to be of importancecommerically, they are very inferior as food-fishes, being coarseand bony.
Fishes . ^ Fi<i. 304 -HufTalo-fish, Ictiobu^ cyprinella (Cuv. & Normal, 111. abound in the large rivers and lakes between the Rocky Mountainsand the Alleghanies, one species being found in Central Americaand a species of a closely related genus {Myxocyprinus asiaticus). Fig. 305.—Carp-sucker, Carpiodes cyprimis (Le Sueur). Havre de Grace. being reported from eastern Asia. They rarely ascend thesmaller rivers except for the purpose of spawning. Althoughso abundant in the Mississippi Valley as to be of importancecommerically, they are very inferior as food-fishes, being coarseand bony. The genus Cycleptns contains the black-horse, orMissouri sucker, a peculiar species with a small head, elongate Series Ostariophysi 393 body, and jet-black coloration, which comes up the smallerrivers tributary to the Mississippi and Ohio in large numbers
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