132 ICHTHYOLOGIA OHIENSIS 



Missouri call them Piconeau, and the American settlers 

 Pikes or Pickerels. They are permanent but rare 

 fishes, retiring however in deep waters in winter. 

 They prefer the large streams, are very voracious, 

 and grow to a large size. They prey on all the other 

 fishes except the Garfishes, &c. They are easily 

 taken with the hook, and afford a very good food, 

 having a delicate flesh. 



84th Species. Streaked Pike. Esox vittatus. 

 Brochet raye. 



White, with two blackish longitudinal streaks on 

 each side, back brownish: jaws nearly equal, very 

 obtuse, eyes large and behind the mouth : dorsal fins 

 longitudinal between the abdominal and anal fins: 

 tail forked. 



E. vittatus. Raf. in American Monthly Magazine, 

 18 18, Volume 3, page 447. 



This fish is rare in the Ohio, (although it has been 

 seen at Pittsburgh,) but more common in the Wabash 

 and Upper Mississippi. It is called Piconeau or Pica- 

 neau by the Canadians [III. 167] and Missourians. 

 It reaches the length of from three to five feet. The 

 pectoral and abdominal fins are trapezoidal, the anal 

 and dorsal longitudinal with many rays and nearly 

 equal. It is [7/] sometimes called Jack or Jackfish. 

 Lateral line straight. 



85th Species. Salmon Pike. Esox salmoneus. 

 Brochet saumonne. 



White, with many narrow transversal brown 

 bands, somewhat curved: jaws nearly equal, very 

 obtuse: dorsal fins brown longitudinal and extend- 

 ing over the anal fins: tail forked and brown. 



It is one of the best fishes in the Ohio, its flesh is 

 very delicate, and divides easily, as in Salmon, into 



