CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 695 



Family UMBRIDJE. 



Mud Minnows. 



Carnivorous ; live in mud or among weeds ; mouth small ; teeth 

 vilHform and equal ; lower jaw the longer ; scales cycloid, cover head 

 also ; caudal fin rounded. 



UMBRA, Mull. 



(Melanura, Ag.) 



U. limi, Kirt. (annulata, pygniica.) Mudfish. Dogfish. Mud Minnow. 

 Mud Dace. 



Dark brown, with white longitudinal streaks, sometimes with 

 cross bars ; a black bar at base of caudal ; head rather large. 

 Dorsal rays, 13 ; anal rays, 7 ; rows scales, 35 X 15 ; length, 2 to 4 

 inches ; no lateral line ; bars, 6. Eye small ; anal shorter than 

 dorsal ; mucous pores on preopercle. 



" Found in the streams of the State, except in very rapid 

 water." 



Family ESOCIDJE. 



Pikes. 



Head long, with long snout ; mouth large, with long cleft, lower 

 jaw the longer ; maxillaries form most of margin of upper jaw ; pre- 

 maxillaries, &c., have broad bands of cardiform movable teeth ; lower 

 jaw with strong teeth of different sizes; a band of small teeth on 

 tongue ; head naked above ; scales small. 



BSOX, L. 



E. americanus, Gmel. (Indus, niger,fasciatus, ornatus.) Banded Pick- 

 erel. Trout Pickerel. Pike. 



Cheeks and opercles scaly ; body robust ; head heavy ; snout 

 blunt and short; eye large; dark green, with twenty blackish, 

 curved bars ; a bar below eye. Bars, 12 to 13 ; dorsal rays, 11 ; 

 anal rays, 11 ; lateral line, 105 scales; length, 12 inches. 



