226 



Fam. 12. ESOCIDiE. 



Esoces, part., Miiller, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berl 1842, p. 188. 



Body covered with scales, barbels none. Margin 

 of the upper jaw formed by the intermaxillaries mesi- 

 ally, and by the maxillaries laterally. Adipose fin 

 none ; the dorsal fin belongs to the caudal portion of 

 the vertebral column. Stomach without blind sac ; 

 pyloric appendages none. Pseudobranchia? glandular, 

 hidden ; air-bladder simple ; gill-opening very wide. 



Freshwater fishes from the temperate regions of the northern 

 hemisphere. 



Only one genus is known. 



1. ESOX. 



Esox, (Artedi) Ctiv. Rk/ne Anhn. 

 Body elongate, covered with small, cycloid scales, many with a 

 muciferous channel ; lateral line distinct. Eye of moderate size. 

 Snout elongate, broad, depressed, with the lower jaw the longer : 

 cleft of the mouth very wide. Teeth of the mandible in a single 

 series, unequal in size, some large ; intei'maxillary, vomer, palatine, 

 and hyoid bones with bands of cardiform teeth ; maxillary toothless. 

 Dorsal iin opposite the anal. Caudal forked. 



Fresh waters of the temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and North 

 America. 



1. Esox lucius. 

 Synonymy for European Specimens. 



The Pike. Hecht. Brochet. Lucio or Luzzo. Gadda (Siveden). 

 Lucius, Bellon. Be Aquat. p. 296 ; Rondel, ii. p. 188 ; Salv. pp. 94, 95 ; 



Schonev. p. 44 ; Aldrov. De Pise. p. 630 ; Jonston, iii. t. 3. c. 5, t. 29. 



f. 1 ; Gesner, De Pise. p. 500 ; Wilbujh. p. 236, tab. P. 5. f. 2 ; Ray, 



Syn. p. 112 ; Klein, Miss. Pise. v. p. 74, tab. 20. f. 1. 

 Esox no. 1, AHedi, Synon. p. 26; Gen. p. 10; and (Spec. 53; Gronov. 



Zoopliyl. no. 361. 

 Esox lucius, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516; Bloch, Fische Deidsehl. i. p. 229, 



* 1 . Esox vermieiilatus, (Lesveur) C. Sc V. xviii. p. 333. — Wabash Kiver, United 

 States. 



2. lineatus, (Lesueur) C. S( V. xviii. p. 335— Wabash River. 



3. liigubrosus, (Lesueur) C. tf V. xviii. p. 338. — Tennessee. 



4. phaleratus, {Say) Lesueur, Jvurn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. i. p. 416. — 



East Florida. 



5. unibrosus, Kirtland, Bost. Joiirn. Nat. Hisf. 



6. ohioensis. Kirtland, Bost. Jonrn. Nat. Hist. 



