276 —- Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
GENUS V. LUCIO-PERCA, Cvv. 
So named because, to the characters of the Perch, they join teeth which 
have some relation to those of the Pike. The edge of their preoperculum 
has merely a simple indentation ; their dorsal fins are separated ; some of 
their jaw and palatine teeth are long and pointed. 
1. Lucio-perca Americana, Cuy. 
Of a grayish yellow upon the sides, darker upon the back. The operculum terminates in 
a strong, flat spine. The lower edge of the operculum smooth. A black spot upon the pos- 
terior part of the spinous dorsal. The first dorsal higher than the second. 
D. 14,1-20. P.13. V.1-5. A.2-11, C.17. Cuv.et Vax. Length, 2 feet. 
D.14,1-21. P.13. V.1-5. A.1-13. C.17i. RicHarpson. 
Salmon, of the Ohio River. Pike, of Lake Erie. Pickerel, of the settlers on Lake 
Huron. Sandre, of the French Canadians. Horn-fish, of the fur-traders. 
Vermont, TuHompson. Lake Huron, Ricnarpson. Lake Erie, Krrrnanp. New 
York, Mircurixi, Cuv., Dexay. 
Perca vitrea, MircHiL, Supp. Am. Month, Mag., 11. p. 247. 
** salmonea, RarF., Ichth. Ohien., p. 21. 
“  nigro-punctata, Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p.23. (The male.) 
Le Sandre d’Amérique, Lucio-perca Americana, Cuv. et VAL., 11. p. 122, pl. 16. 
Perca fluviatilis, Var? Ricu., Franklin’s Journal, 1823, p. 725. 
Lucio-perca Americana, American Sandre, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 10. 
<é 1G Okow, or Horn-fish, 2 “s sé 3 p. 14. 
cs = American Pike-Perch, Taomrson, Hist. Vermont, p. 130, fig. 
Ke & Salmon of the Ohio, &c., KirTLAND’s Report, p. 190. 
Ee fe Yellow Pike-Perch, DEKay’s Report, p. 17, pl. 50, fig. 163. 
as a American Sandre, Kirtianp, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 237, pl. 9, fig. 2. 
2. Lucio-perca Canadensis, SmitH. 
The upper part of the body dark olive-green ; the lower whitish; a few pale yellow spots 
below the lateral line. The posterior margin of the bony operculum armed with five acute 
spines. The two dorsal fins nearly equal in height, and marked with black spots. 
D. 12,1-17. P.12. V.1-5. A.12. C.17. Length, 14 inches. 
The river St. Lawrence, at Quebec, RicnHarpson, Smirn. 
Lucio-perca Canadensis, Green Pickering, Lieut. Col. C. H. Smita; GrirFitH’s Cuv., x. p, 275, fig. 
ar x Canadian Sandre, Ricw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 17. 
Se ss Dexay’s Report, p. 19. 
3. Lucio-perca grisea, DrxKay. 
General hue grayish. Membrane of the spinous dorsal fin without the black spots. In- 
variably smaller than the L. Americana. 
