308 FISHES. 



* Large teeth on the maxillaries in a single row ; species of 



moderate size, 2 to 5 feet long. 

 f Snout very slender, straight, much longer than the rest of the 



head LEPIDOSTEUS, 1. 



ft Snout shortened, rather broad, about as long as rest of head. 



CYLINDROSTEUS, 2 



** Large teeth on the maxillaries in two rows ; snout broad, de- 

 pressed, about equal to rest of head ; size large, length 5 to 

 10 feet , . . * LITHOLEPIS, 3. 



/. LEPIDOSTEUS, Lacepede. LONG-NOSED GARS. 

 > Sarchirus, Raf. (Young with the pectoral fins fleshy.) 



1. L osseus, (L.) Ag. GAR PIKE. BONY GAR. BILL 

 FISH. Head nearly 3 in length; depth nearly 1U; snout 

 more than twice the length of rest of head; eye nearly 

 2i in distance to margin of preopercle, more than 2 in 

 interorbital space; ventrals midway between pectorals 

 and anal; length of mandible equals distance from pec- 

 torals to anal; olivaceous, white below; sides with obscure 

 spots, more evident posteriorly; vertical fins with distinct 

 round black spots; D. 7; A. 9; lat. line 64 to 66; length 

 2 to 5 feet. N. Y. to the plains and South, abundant in 

 large bodies of water. 



2. CYL/NDROSTEUStR&fLnesquQ. SHORT - NOSED GABS. 

 < Lepidosteus, Agassiz. 



JL. C. platysiomus, (Raf.) Grd. SHORT- NOSED GAR 

 PIKE. Depth 7 to 8 in length; head 3| ; eye 10 in head, 

 three times nearer opercular margin than end of snout; 

 ventrals much nearer P. than A. ; length of head notably 

 shorter than from P. to V.; olivaceous, sides and fins 

 spotted with black; D. 7; A. 8; lat. 1. 60 to 65. Great 

 Lakes and streams S. and W. of N. Y. to Rocky Moun- 

 tains, 



