1 86 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North Jmerica. 



D. (?)■ P- (■')• v - (•')• A. (?)■ C. (?). Length, (?). 

 East Florida, Say. 



Esox phaleraliis, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, i. p. 416. 

 ,( " Dekay's Report, p. 226, 



5. Esox lucius (?), Lin. 



Back tinged with blackish green, which changes on the sides to light greenish-gray, and 

 on the belly to pearl-white ; on the tip of each scale, there is a bright speck having the form 

 of the letter V, and there are seven or eight longitudinal rows of oblong yellowish-gray spots 

 on the sides of the head, body, and tail. Scales thin, broadly oval, their outer edge semi- 

 circular, their covered portion deeply divided by fissures into three or four lobes, whose edges 

 overlap ; one hundred and twenty-four on the lateral line, thirty-six in a vertical row before 

 the ventrals. 



D. 20. P. 16. V. 10. A. 18. C 18|. Length, 20 inches. 



Northern regions, Richardson. 



Esox lucius. Common Pike, Rich., Fauna Eoreal. Ameiic. ill. p. 124. 

 " ,; (''), Dekay's Keport, p. 226. 



Richardson says, " One specimen, taken in Lake Huron, was submitted to Cuvier's in- 

 spection, and it has also been carefully compared with the English Pike, without any spe- 

 cific differences having been detected." 





GENUS II. BELONE, Cuv. 



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Head and body greatly elongated ; the latter covered with minute scales. 

 Both jaws very much produced, straight, narrow, and pointed ; armed 

 with numerous small teeth, those of the pharynx paved. Scales not very 

 apparent, except a longitudinal range, carinated on each side, near the infe- 

 rior edge. 



1. Belone truncata, Lesueur. 



Above light green, beneath clear silvery-white. Just above the base of the pectorals a 

 deep blue band arises and passes in a straight line to the origin of the dorsal fin. Lower 

 mandible the longer. Caudal fin obliquely truncated. Ventrals small. 

 D. 16. P. 16. V. 6. A. 19. C. 20. Lesueur. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 

 D. 15. P. 12. V. 6. A. 18. C. 19. Mitchill. " " " 



D. 15. P. 12. V. 6. A. 19. C. 20. Storer. " " " 



D. 16. P. 12. V. 6. A. 19. C. 19§. Dekay. " " " 



Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley, Ayres. New York, Lesueur, Mitch- 

 ill, Dekay. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Lesueur. 



