..The fishes of Illinois . -ft, w «ow Q wPS Qw 0<! aa H PioM ???, ;. ^ ?> $ PLACOPHARYNX PAVEMENT-TOOTHED RED-HORSE 93 flattened grinding surface; mouth larger and more oblique, and lipsthicker than in most species of Moxostoma. Fresh waters of south-eastern United States; one species known. PLACOPHARYNX DUQUESNEI (Le Sueur) Le Sueur, 1817, J, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 105 (Catostomus). J. & G., 143 (carinatus); M. V., 48 (carinatus); J. & E„, I, 198; N., 49 (carinatus);J., 63 (carinatus); F., 80 (carinatus); F. F., II. 7, 441 (carinatus); L., 13. Body elongate, heavier forward, the form


..The fishes of Illinois . -ft, w «ow Q wPS Qw 0<! aa H PioM ???, ;. ^ ?> $ PLACOPHARYNX PAVEMENT-TOOTHED RED-HORSE 93 flattened grinding surface; mouth larger and more oblique, and lipsthicker than in most species of Moxostoma. Fresh waters of south-eastern United States; one species known. PLACOPHARYNX DUQUESNEI (Le Sueur) Le Sueur, 1817, J, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 105 (Catostomus). J. & G., 143 (carinatus); M. V., 48 (carinatus); J. & E„, I, 198; N., 49 (carinatus);J., 63 (carinatus); F., 80 (carinatus); F. F., II. 7, 441 (carinatus); L., 13. Body elongate, heavier forward, the form much as in Moxostomaaureolum, but the back less elevated and the body somewhat less com-pressed; depth to in length. Length IS to 30 inches. Color darkolive-green, the sides brassy, not silvery; lower fins and caudal orange-red (Jordan & Evermann). Head broad, flattish above, but less so than inM. aureolum, cheeks vertical, chin flat; length of bead to , width to , depth to 6 in bod}-; interorbital space slightly convex,


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