THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 4OI 



In November of 1896 and 1897, Mr. Annin shipped adult individuals from Canan- 

 daigua Lake by express without an attendant, and there was scarcely any loss of fish 

 in transportation, though the journey lasts 12 hours. 



The Blue Pike of Lake Erie, or White Salmon of the Ohio River, was formerly 

 distinguished by name from the common Pike Perch, but is now considered unworthy 

 of a separate name. This is a very small variety seldom exceeding 15 inches in 

 length and a weight of 2 pounds. The dorsal has 14 spines and 20 rays. The spines 

 are rather lower than in the Pike Perch, the coloration similar, but the adult is 

 bluish or greenish and has no brassy mottling. The fins are darker, and there is a 

 trace of a band along the dorsal, besides the black blotch on the hind portion. 



Jordan. & Evermann say of this variety : " The name salmoncum has been applied 

 to the so-called ' Blue Pike ' originally described from the Ohio River, but more 

 common in the Great Lakes, particularly Ontario and Erie. It is smaller and 

 deeper in body than the ordinary vitreum and different in color, but it is not likely 

 that any permanent distinctions exist, this species, as usual among fresh-water fishes, 

 varying largely with the environment and with age." 



108. Sauger ; Sand-Pike (Stizostedion canadense Smith). 



Lucioperca canadensis DEK.AY, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 19, pi. 68, fig. 221, 1842 (extra- 



limital). 

 Stizostedion canadense MEEK, Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci., IV, 314, 1888 ; BEAN, Fishes Penna., 



130, pi. 34, fig. 70, 1893 ; JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1022, 



1896, pi. CLXIV, fig. 434, 1900. 



Color olivaceous above ; sides brassy or pale orange, mottled with black in the 

 form of irregular dark blotches, which are best defined under the soft dorsal. The 

 spinous dorsal has several rows of round black spots on the membrane between 

 the spines ; no black blotch on the hind part of the spinous dorsal. Pectorals with 

 a large dark blotch at base ; soft dorsal with several rows of dark spots irregularly 

 placed ; caudal yellowish with dark spots forming interrupted bars. 



The Sauger is known also as Sand Pike, Gray Pike and Green Pike, Pickering, 

 Pickerel and Horse Fish. It is found in the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes 

 region, the upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and in the Ohio, where it is said 

 to have been introduced from the lakes through canals. This is a small fish, 

 seldom exceeding 18 inches in length, and embraces several varieties. It is very 

 common in the Great Lakes and is abundant in the Ohio River. It is doubtful 



whether it is native to Ohio or introduced. It is also found rarely in Cayuga Lake. 

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