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namapeth [< Algonk.; cf. Cree namew fish] Obs. 
n. the white sucker, Catostomus commersonii.
- 1784 The . . . Sucker Carp is a new species of which there are two varieties, the Mitheo-Mapeth of the Indians . . . and the White [carp], or Namapeth. . . .
- 1795 (1911) The only species caught in those parts are trout . . . two sorts of barble (called by the Indians Na-may-pith,) . . . and a few perch.
- 1784 The . . . Sucker Carp is a new species of which there are two varieties, the Mitheo-Mapeth of the Indians . . . and the White [carp], or Namapeth. . . .