. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 30. CATOSTOMID^âCATOSTOMUS. 127 Alaska; very abundant northward. The most widely distributed species. â * (^C:,^>rinus catostomm Forster, Phil. Trans. 1773, 155: Catostomua longirostrum and Jiu(hi>nius Le Sueur, Jourii. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1817,102,107 : Catontomns forntvrianua Kicliaidson, Frankliirs Journal, 1823,720 : Catostomus aurora Aj^assiz, Lake Superi.)r, ;{i)0: Catostoinus hufhoniuti Guuther, vii, 13: Catoatomus griaetia Giiuther, vii, 14; Jordan, 175.) ⢠133. C. taBloensas Gill & Jordan.âTah
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 30. CATOSTOMID^âCATOSTOMUS. 127 Alaska; very abundant northward. The most widely distributed species. â * (^C:,^>rinus catostomm Forster, Phil. Trans. 1773, 155: Catostomua longirostrum and Jiu(hi>nius Le Sueur, Jourii. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1817,102,107 : Catontomns forntvrianua Kicliaidson, Frankliirs Journal, 1823,720 : Catostomus aurora Aj^assiz, Lake Superi.)r, ;{i)0: Catostoinus hufhoniuti Guuther, vii, 13: Catoatomus griaetia Giiuther, vii, 14; Jordan, 175.) ⢠133. C. taBloensas Gill & Jordan.âTahoe Sucker. * Kather stouter, the depth 4J-5 in length. lEead very large and long- iicnniinate, the muzzle nearly one-half itsiength, overhanging the rather large mouth. Lips moderate, the upper pendent, with about 3 rows of small papilliB; the lower rather full, similarly papillose. Eye nearly median, rather small, 8i in head. Scales small and crowded forwards, closely imbricated, 85-^0 in the course of the lateral line, and about 28 in a cross-series from dorsal to ventrals. Dorsal short, but longer tliaii high, its rays 10. Coloration very dark; fins dusky; scales every- where finely punctate. Breeding males profusely tuberculate. Size large. Lake Tahoe ; very abundant. (Jordan, 1. c. 173; Jordan «fc Henshaw, Eopt. Chief Engin. app. nn, 1878,188.) ** Scalea small, crowded, and anteriorly than posteriorly, 58-75 in the conrse of the lateral lino. (Decactylua Kalinesque.*) c. Upper lip thick and full, with several (5-8) rows of papilhe. d. Fontancille veiy small and narrow ; both jaws with a weak cartilaginous sheath. 131. â¬. ao>a!opus Jordan. ]]o(ly elongate, fusiform, subterete, the greatest depth 4, in. length. Head small, conical, 4§ in ^''-ngth. Mouth quite large, with full^ thi(;k lips, the upper very wide and pendent, with about ii rows of very strong papilliX); lower lip two-lobed, siuiilarly papillose. Inter- oibital space wide, convex. E
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