214 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America. 



Called " Bony Pike," " Alligator," and " Alligator Gar," at Buffalo ; also called " Buf- 



falo-fish." 



Green Gar-fish, Cate.-dv's Hist. Carol., n. p- 30, pi. 30. 

 I i o eus Lin., Syst. Nat., p. 516. 



Bloch, 39 i 



Bony -scaled Pike, Shaw's Gen. Zool., v. p. 115 



" " " " MlTCHILL, Trans. Lit. ami Phil SoC. of N. Y., I. p 144 



" " " " " Amer. Month. Mag., n. p. 321. 



v Lepisosteus oxyurus Ohio Gar-fish, Raf., Ichth. Ohien., p ■ I 



" •■ Common Gar, Kirtland's Report, pp 170, 10G. 



Lepisosteus Htironensis, Northern Mailed-fish, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., ill p. 237. 

 Lepisosteus rostratus (Cuv.), Rich, Fauna Boreal. Americ, m. p 238, 

 Lepisosteus oxyurus, Ohio Gar-fish, Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat Hist., iv. p 1C, pi. 1, fig. 1. 



" Common Bill-fish, Thompson's Hist, of Vermont p 1-15. 

 Lepisosteus bison, Buffalo Bony-Pike, Dekay's Report, p. 271, pi -13. fig. 139. 

 ~'~~\J Lepisosteus longirostris (Cuv., Rich Fauna Boreal. Americ, in p. 237), Dekay's Report, p. 27-1 



Mr. Thompson describes and figures a species in his " History of Vermont," p. 145, un- 

 der the name of L. linealus, which he thinks may lie the young of the above species 

 undoubtedly correct in this latter opinion. 



-U >/H Ul <' ~' Lepisosteus platostomus, Raf. 



Body cylindrical, flattened above. Head flattened above. Jaws hard, elongated ; upper 

 jaw about as long as the head ; jaws furnished with numerous sharp, prominent teeth. 

 Head and back dusky and umber; sides yellowish; abdomen white; iris golden yellow. 

 Dorsal, caudal, and anal fins, maculate. A series of obscure circular spots on the medial 

 line behind anal fin. 



D. 8. P. 10. V. 0. A. 9. C. 12. Length, 20 inches. 



Ohio, Raf., Kirtland. Florida, Dekay. 



Lepisosteus platostomus, Duck bill Gar-fish, Raf., Ichth. Ohien., p. 72. 



" '' " •■ Kirtland's Report, pp 170, 196 



" " (; " Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 20 pi 1, 1 



±p_ ' , i_r — Lepisosteus platyrhincus, Flat-nosed Bony-Pike, Dekay's Report, p 273, pi 13, fig. 1 17 



Dekay's description of this species, having been drawn up from a preserved specimen, 

 touches but slightly upon its colors ; but in other respects it resembles Rafinesqne's species 

 so much, that I cannot doubt their identity. . 



fl 3. Lepisosteus ferox, Raf. 



Body fusiform, cylindrical, and flattened on the back. Head broad and flat above, and 

 one fourth the whole length of the fish. Jaws nearly equal, not half the length of the head. 

 and armed with numerous strong, prominent teeth. Scales imbricate, and sculptured on 

 their external surface. In the prepared specimen, of a yellowish-brown color. 



D. 8. P. 15. V. 6. A. 8or0. C. 11. Length, 4 to G feet. 



Ohio River, Kirtland. Mississippi River, Raf. 



Lepisosteus ferox, Alligator Car fish, Raf., Ichth. Ohien, p. 75. 



'• *' " " Kirtland's Report, pp 170, VA\ 



" Kirtland, Bost. Journ Nat. Hist., iv. p 19, pi I, fig. 2 



