230 FISHES. 



2. STIZOSTETHIUM, Pvafinesque. Pike Perches. 



* Pyloric C(x?.ca three only, sabequal, all long, about as long as Hie 

 stomach ; soft dorsal nearly as long as spinous dorsal ; body 

 more or less compressed. {Stizostethium.) 



1. S. vitreum, (Mitch.) Jordan & Copeland. AY all- 

 Eyed Pike. " Salmon." " Dory." Glass - Eye. Yellow 

 Pike. Body slender, becoming compressed with age, 

 the back not especially depressed; dorsal spines high, more 

 than half length of head; eye ^^ to 5 in head. General 

 color a heavy olive,- finely mottled with brassy; a large 

 black spot on last rays of spinous dorsal, the fin other- 

 wise nearly or quite unmarked; D. XIII — 1; 21; A. II, 

 12; lat. 1. 90. Size very large; this species reaches a 

 length of nearly three feet, and a weight of 20 to 30 lbs. 

 Great Lake reofion and some Atlantic streams, north to the 

 Fur Countries; an abundant and. valued food-fish. {Luci- 

 opei'ca americana^ Cuv.) 



Var. salmoneum, (Raf.) Jor. Blue Pike. "White 

 Salmox." Body shorter, thicker and deeper, with slen- 

 derer caudal peduncle; mouth smaller; eye larger; dorsal 

 spines lower, 2^ in head; coloration bluer, with silvery 

 instead of brassy mottlings; fin coloration darker; young 

 pale, with traces of vertical bars; D. XI Y — 1, 20; A. 

 II, 13; lat. 1. 95. This species or variety is very similar 

 to the preceding, b^.it it is distinguished at sight by the 

 fishermen, and seems to rarely attain a length of more 

 than a foot. Lake Erie, Ohio River, and South. 



** Pyloric coeca 4 to 7, unequal, all small (shorter than the 

 stomach ;) soft dorsal much shorter than spinous dorsal ; 

 body thick, cylindric, depressed forwards, {Cynoperca, Gill 

 & Jordan.)" 



2. S. canadense, (Smith) .lor. Sauger. Sand Pike. 

 Gray' Pike. Body little compressed, broad across the 

 back and rather depressed; cheeks, top of head, etc., 



