226 KSOCTD,^. 



Fam. 12. ESOCIDJE. 



Esoces, part., Midler, 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) Cuv. Reyne Anim. 

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

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

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

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

 series, unequal in size, some large ; intermaxillary, vomer, palatine, 

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

 Dorsal fin 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 Pilce. Hecht. Brocliet. Lucio or Luzzo. Gadda (Sweden). 

 Lucius, Bcllon. De Aqtiat. p. 29G ; liondel. ii. p. 188 ; Salr. pp. 94, 95 ; 



Schonev. p. 44 ; Aldrov. JDe Pise. p. 030 ; Janston, iii. t. 3. c. 5, t. 29. 



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



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

 Esox no. 1, Artedi, Synon. p. 26; Gen. p. 10; and Spec. 53; Gro7iov. 



Zoophyl. no. 361. 

 Esox lucius, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516; Block, Fische Deutschl. i. p. 229, 



* 1 . Esox verniiculatu.s, {Lesveur) C. i^- V. xviii. p. 333. — Wabash Elver, United 

 States. 



2. lineatus, (Lesiieur) C. Sf V. xviii. p. 33.5. — Wabash River. 



3. lugubrosus, {Lesueur) C. ^' V. xviii. p. .3.38. ^Tennessee. 



4. phaleratus, (Say) Lesueur. Journ. Ac. Naf. Sc. Philad. i. p. 416. — 



East Florida. 



5. umbrosus, Kirfland, Best. Journ. Nat. Hist. 



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



