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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1885. 



Esox nobilior Jordan, Zoology of Ohio, vol. iv, 1882, 917 ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1882, 353 ; Forbes, 111. State Fish Comm., 

 1884, 71 (Lake Michigan) ; Jordan, Cat. Fi.sh. N. A., 51, 1885. 



.' Esox ohiensis Kirtland, "Cleveland Annals of Science, 1854." 



Habitat. — Great Lakes, occasionally in the Ohio and Upper 

 Mississippi Rivers. 



One specimen examined by us is from the Ohio River at New 

 Albany, Indiana. 



We here adopt the name Esox masquinongy of Mitchill for this 

 species instead of the more familiar and preferable Esox nobilior 

 of apparently later date. 



Professor Jordan has been unable to find the description of 

 Mitchill in the files of the Mirror, where it is said by De Kay to 

 occur. A portion of the description of Mitchill is quoted by 

 De Kay, and this part applies to the Muskalunge much better 

 than to the Pikes. Moreover, reference to Mitchill's name is 

 made by Kirtland at a date prior to the publication of the work 

 of De Kaj\ 



It is therefore highly probable that a description of Esox mas- 

 quinongy has been somewhere printed by Mitchill, and if so, that 

 this is the earliest account of the Muskalunge. 



The descriptions of Esox ohioensis is said to refer to this 

 species, but we have not been able to examine the original paper 

 of Dr. Kirtland. 



List of Nominal Species with Identifications. 



The following is a list of nominal species referred to in the 

 foregoing paper, arranged in chronological order with our iden- 

 tification of each. Tenable specific names are printed in italics. 



