////: I'Mriiita. 



pest for the sake <>f snapping up inures, as they are washed by the waves and beaten 



b\ the winds from their places of concealment amom; tin- stones. 



Tin flcoh of the Bamnr i I is thought to ! in liest condition when the 



tish i- -mall, mcasurim; alioiit ei-hteen indies in leiiirth. Tin- color of this tish is ,|ark dusks 

 blue mi tin- buck, and silvery white on tin- abdomen ; the tin* are brown. 



'lin pretty littl. Iki i i i 1^ common in many rivers, when* it Is 



tim.-s kiniwn under the name of I'-TI. the reason for tin- latter titlt- not U-in. 



In iren.-ral a|)])earance tin- KulTe Itears some resemblance to tin- |-ich. tin- shape of its 

 bod\ aii'l thethorii\ tins beini: not unlike those of that handsome lish. It may, however. lie 

 immediatelx distinguished from tin- jN-rch b\ its spott-d fins, and tin- absence of (he dark 

 dan. I over lh- sides. MOI,-,,\.T. the dorsal fin i- -inirle. It is a tolerably lx>ld biter, and tnk* 

 a hook n-ailih \\ln-n l>ainil witli :i littl-- liri^ht-n-d worm. 



Tli.- color of tin- HuhV is lii:ht olivi- -brown above, and rflver-whHe on the. alxloinen ; tnt- 

 flunks are \filo\\ i-hlno\\ n. The bark, dorsal fin, and tail, an- rove red with little brown spots, 

 set so closely in the tail as to resemble bars, and n|>on the ^ill-cover* tin-re is a little pearly- 

 gnen i IK ' n th il M.I- tisli - : lorn v I|N -;\ DI neven in--li.-s. 



(n.-of the t\\n creatnii-s tiuMintl in tin- .-IILTIX in^ on jKip- S1H is the <ii \s i l'i ia n. It in 

 a n-markably tine tish, which is found in many f the mei-saiid lakes of (tennany and Ratern 



>pe. 



This handsome species derives iis name of Lncioperca, or Tik.- IVrdi. from the resem- 

 blance which it lM-ai>i to In.th thes4- tish.-s. ha \in.i: the ]en^then<d |MM!V of the one and the 

 spine-armed tins () f the other. H has. hi >u ever, not him: to do with (he pike, and is closely 

 allie-l to its companion mi the emrnivimr. the jM-rch. li>lon^in.ir. inde-d, to (he same family. 

 The teeth are rather lanre. and are thought to resemble those of the pike in length and 



The i-olor of the (iiaiit I'en-h is greenish -olive above, banded with brown. Below, it is 

 white. It is a very line lish. attaining;, when full-grown, to a length of three or four feet. 

 There are several sjM-cies U-lon^inic to the same genus. 



A very handsome lish. that is jMijnilarly but erroneously called the AMKKK \ v TIKE, has 

 d'-ri\ed it- name fmm the elongated aini somewhat pike-like form of ite botly. The teeth. 

 however, are e\-n. and bear no resemblance to theoe of the real j>ike. 



The flesh of this tish is thoiiirht to l>e good for the table, and as the dimensions to which 

 the creature attains an- ..fi.-n onsidenible, it is really one of the valuable inhabitants of the 

 Ani'-riean wat-rs. It is one of the sea-loving species, and is mostly found on the Atlantic 

 shores of tropical America. .Many s]iecimens IH.XX in the museums were taken in the West 

 Indies, othei-s ,,ff the coast of (iniana. some fnun Haliia, and others from Surinam. The gen- 

 eral color of the American I'ike is silvery-white, tinned on the hack with jrreen, and 

 a jm re. shinini: white on the abdomen. The dorsal tins are two in number, the tirst 

 shortish, and having ei^lit very strong and sharp spines. The second spine of the anal tin is 

 very loin: and sharp, and the pra-o]>eiciiliim is armed with two sluirj>ly-toot hed edges. 



The I'IKI. or TiKt Pi i:i MBS, so called in America,. are equally a European form. They 

 are large carnivorous fishes, living in fresh waters. Two strongly marked species are on 

 each hemisphere. 



The \V.vi.i IYBD I 'IKI > y /V/W//>/w ri/rn/in'), DoRT, GLA88-ETK, YELLOW PlKE, BLUE 

 I'IKI . and .I x. K S \I.MO\. are names common to this sjiecies. It is found in the Great Lakes, 

 and the I '\>\- i Mississippi, and some of the Atlantic streams far north; is an abundant and 

 valuable food fish, reaching nearly three feet in l.-mrth, and a weight of twenty pound- 

 Another sjiecies. called S\\ .n-l'iKK. (Ji:vv I'lKhu and HI>I:\-I t-ii. is smaller, and is 



found in similar i--_'ioiis. 



The famih -. the Pen m-s. in \\hich this tish Moiigs. emhnices twenty two genera. 



and from ninety to .me hiindn*<l s|x-cies. They are inhabitants of fresh waters of cool regions, 

 most of them be in. ic American, and nearly all Ulonging to the fauna of the I'nited States. A 

 great majority belong to the Darters, all of which an- American. They are amoio; the most 



