I4r> 



Cdloi' iiiuro or k'S.s dull leaden, iaiiitly, it' at all, handed, 

 Opereuhnn and elieeks entiixdy (•(iver(>d with scales. 



F ill-ray ,s--D. l:;; V. Ti: A. Ti. 



A'. itmbroSK.s, Kirtland, Cleveland Auiials Seienee, hS,")!, p, 

 7'J: Ooi)e. Proceed. Acad. .X . S. IMiilad. ISOr,, p. 7'.>. 



The only known locality for this tisli within the limits of 

 the State of ]\Ia.,rylaud, is the Sus<|uelianiia llivei', on the 

 lK)iindary of Harford county, How far it contrihutes to the 

 food of tlie iuhabitauts of that region has nut yet heeu re- 

 |)orted, uo doubt it shares with the Fall-fish in adding to the 

 viands of the talde, It is sniallei' tlian the counnon Pike of 

 tho Baltimore markets, 



S, I. 



'1. E. UETICLLATIS, 



The Pike. The Common Pickerel. 



J)ody ne;niy cylindrical, ohiugale: ninch flattened ujMtu 

 the back: scales small: siioiit bbmt: u]iper j.-iw smooth, bi'oad, 

 depressed, shi>rter tiiaii tiic h>w<,M' .jaw. TIic eiiitn- of this 

 [)ike vai'ics in iutensiry and tinl. in Some it is d('e[> green, 

 varying to l)laci<ishi on the back a,nd hca.d, uv jilnisii Lirey: in 

 others it is of a L!,;tdden or oli\'e-yelIow ^^n the sides, t!ie i'ree 

 margins of the seah.-s bordere(l with Idack. Numei'ous, ir- 

 regular, a.)ibre\'iated, longitudiiuil, dusky streaks ou the si(U'S 

 of the b;»dy, uniteii with similar ob'iiiiue strcuiks |irodu.ce the 

 im[)er('ectly reticulated a,p[)ca-ra,nec. I )oi>;al h'n nearly S(|uare, 

 ^liLi'htly I'ouiuled above: the last ray. mucli tlic shortest, 



kin-rays:—]), 18: P. 1^: \ . lU: A. 17; ('. 11)1. 



A', /('//'v^/f^///v. Lcsueur. dourn. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. I. 

 ISIS. |,. 411: Storer,. lleport Pish. Massach, p. 1)7: Kii'thind, 

 Zoij. ()hi(., ]i. I'.jd: DeKay, New York Paun. fish, p. 22;i, 

 pi. :;-!, h-. 107:- (:.)[»c. I'roc. Acad. Nat. S-, Piiihel. iSC..",, 

 p. l!i, 



/'Ao.r hiciiis. \'y\v.. ^lilcli, Lit. iV IMiil. Trans, Mew ^'(u•k. 

 I.. )i. J 40. 



