438  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
D. @). °P: @): Ve @): Al (?): . @). Length, (?): 
East Florida, Say. 
Esox phaleratus, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Se., 1. p. 416. 
Ci “6 « Dexay’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.185. Length, 26 inches. 
Northern regions, Ricuarpson. 
Esox lucius, Common Pike, Ricw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., u1. p. 124. 
bh, ce (), Dexay’s Report, 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 Il. BELONE, Cov. 
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, Lesurur. 
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. Lxesueur. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 
D.15. P.12. V.6. A-18. C.19. Mircuinu. 73 “ 6 
D.15. P.12. V.6. A.19 C.20. Srorzr. 38 CPP CG 
DL 16s SEOs WG. AGIOS atos. Dmimacy, “ ee 
Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Linsury, Ayres. New York, Lesveur, Mircx- 
int, Dexay. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Lesveur. 
