354 SEVENTH REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



INCHES. 



Least depth of caudal peduncle, - 



Length of snout, ... 



Length of maxilla, .... 



Length of mandible, 



Diameter of eye, - ... 



Distance from snout to dorsal, 



Length of dorsal base, 



Length of longest dorsal ray, 



From end of dorsal to caudal origin, 



Distance from snout to pectoral, 



Length of pectoral, 



Distance from snout to ventral, 



Length of ventral. 



Distance from snout to anal, 



Length of anal base, 



Length of longest anal ray, 



From end of anal base to origin of lower caudal lobe, - 



LITTLE PICKEREL. 



B. 12; D. 12; A. II ; V. 9. Scales, 24-110. The maxilla reaches to below the 

 middle of the pupil. The mandible projects '/ J6 of an inch when the mouth is 

 closed. The diameter of the eye is contained five and two-thirds times in length of 

 head. The stomach was empty, but insect remains were voided from the vent. 



73. Little Pickerel (Lucius vcrmiculatus LeSueur). 



Esox vermiculatus BEAN, Fishes Penna., 90, pi. 28, fig. 54, 1893. 



Lucius rennicitlatus JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 627, 1896. 



This Pickerel inhabits the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and streams 

 flowing into the Great Lakes from the southward. In ponds formed in the spring 

 by the overflow of river banks it is one of the characteristic fishes and is often 

 destroyed in great numbers by the drying up of such bodies of water. In Pennsyl- 



