164 MASCALLONGE. 
CHAPTEK XIY. 
MASCALLONGE. 
Esox Estor — Masqueallonge — MusTcellunge — Musca- 
ling a — Masgidnoiigy — MasJcinonge — Muscan on ga. 
The sides of the body are marked with niimeroiis 
rounded, distinct greyish spots. Three bands of card- 
like teeth are situated on the roof of the mouth, on the 
palatines and vomer, converging to a point toward the 
snout. There are long, sharp, distinct teeth along the 
edges of the upper and lower jaw, and continued to the 
extremity of the latter, although some authorities assert 
the contrary. The gill-arches are also covered with 
teeth. Mascallonge reach a length of about six feet and 
a weight of seventy pounds, and the comparative length 
of the head with the whole fish is as one to four. The 
fin-rays are as follows : 
Branchial or gill-rays 20 ; Dorsal 18 ; Pectoral 16 ; 
Ventral 11 ; Anal 17 ; Caudal 24 ; according to my best 
computation. 
Br. 18 ; D. 21 ; P. 13 ; Y. 11 ; A. 21 ; C. l^,~-Dr. 
De Kay. 
D. 21 ; P. 14 ; Y. 11 ; A. 17 ; C. 26.— i>n MitchiU. 
D. 22 ; P. 18 ; Y. 13 ; A. 20 ; C. ^.—Prof. Agassis. 
The lateral line is not continuous, the under jaw is 
more elongated than that of the northern pickerel and 
