PIKES. 



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and minute ; tlie eyes very large and prominent. 

 By means of the enormous development of the 

 pectorals, these fishes are enabled to project them- 

 selves from the water, and to perform a lengthen- 



They are very common 



ed flight through the air. 



FLYING- FISH. 



in the tropical seas ; vast shoals springing into the 

 air almost constantly in fine weather. A straggler 

 now and then wanders to our own shores. About 

 forty species are enumerated. 



Genus Esox, (Linn.) 



The freshwater Pikes have a moderately length- 

 ened body with a large, oblong, rounded, flattened 



