CHAPTEE XV. 



COMMON PICKEREL ESOX RETICULATL'^. 



This is a common fish throughout the United 

 States, except, perhaps, the Southern. We have, 

 indeed, tliree or four species of this fish, hut it 

 is only tlie smaller species that I would recom- 

 mend as suitable for fish culture, and these only 

 when we can avail ourselves of large j)onds. I 

 will except however from this statement the fish 

 termed "Long Island pickerel" which rarely ex- 

 ceeds one pound in weight, and has been named 

 by Dr. De Kay Esox Fasciatus. 



I will remark here that every species of the 

 pickerel, including the Esox Esfo?', or Mascalonge, 

 the Esox OhioensiSy or the Pike of the Ohio river 

 and its tributaries, all belong to the Pike family, 

 and the fish commonly known by the name of 

 Pike, found in our great lakes, and the fish found 



