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its baptismal records, the generic name being from 

 two Greek words signifying " to prick " and "little 

 breast," the synonomy of which is rather confus- 

 ing ; njitreum, the specific title, is from vitreus, 

 " glassy," in reference to the eye of the fish. Its 

 coloration is usually dark olive, mottled with brassy 

 touches which form indistinct oblique lines ; a 

 pinkish hue appears on the belly and lower fins ; 

 faint vermiculations or worm-like markings may be 

 seen on the sides of the head, and on the front part 

 of the first fin on the back, a jet-black blotch is 

 always present, otherwise this fin is nearly plain. 



The wall-eyed pike is found in the Great Lake 

 region eastward to Vermont, and is very numerous 

 and of large size in the lakes of the Provinces of 

 Quebec and Ontario, Canada. It is generally 

 abundant and much valued as a food fish, those of 

 about half a pound in weight making a delicious 

 edible for the breakfast-table. It is called pike- 

 perch from the pike-like formation of its head, 

 and anglers generally consider it as belonging to the 

 pike family, but a glance at the fins on the back, 

 which in shape and number are similar to those 

 of the true perch, will at once indicate its proper 

 classification. It reaches a weight of thirty pounds, 

 and in fluvial waters, and, doubtless, in lacustrine 

 under proper conditions, it will take the artificial 

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