rtuftKn or y(Kw votiK 2^1 



fin alori'-. It ( siu Uiru if Ut-mi AnU.wayn fiX an a.nj^U; anrJ rf^umh 

 awli'iUr In that fiowjtjorj. 



VV h^rfj U-*-A\uii^, it KffrKf-n th*- morm] at. on*? att^rrnpt, aft^rr Ktar 

 in^ at. it a whiWr, Hoiiif'Hui*'n wUcii ovf-rff-d, iht-. Aoyii'i^h can nol 

 Hwirn about at all, but li*:i lik^; a lojj on th*r hKittorn, ^Aft^n 

 Ktifi^f'fit-. Hfnith'; 



Family r,.t iii>vk 



Body *;longat*f, no. . i.v,i,.i, jii'm'; or i*:j (.ornffTftunfA pf>n 

 \*norly, broad autfriorly; b#ra/l lonj?, th*; KiiorJt \tr<tUmiif'A an* 

 i\fr\iV('Mn*A', nioutb vvry larjf^-, it* ckrft fonti'iua aborjt half tb< 

 l<-njfth of th#f lK;ad; Iow^t jaw tb^r lon^^rr; n\r\i*rr jaw not f/ro 

 tracliWf, inr/t of itn rnarjrin fonufA by the maxillarie, wbici 

 ar*.' ^jnitf; Ion;? and \trhv'u\tA with a itip[/W;rn^.'nral J^on^-, pr^; 

 maxillari^-x, vorfi'-r ;nd palatin^r* with hr<tzA banrln of Mtronj 

 cardiforni tfetti u liif-h r; rnor*r or l*rs rnovabl*;; )w*,'r jfj i 



strong t^-frth of diff^rrent iiz^; tongue with a band of r -j: 

 teeth; b^-ad uakfA aJ/ove; ch^-eku and oj;><rrcIfr mrwre or . 

 tif:sk]y; fi'iU of*-nint'H verj' wirle; (fill rn^rmbrane* ufrparat^r, fr*;* 

 from the inthmuM; ((ill rakftrn tnU;rcldike, tootlie^J; branchio 

 iHfi^si\n 12 to 20; ii/rale timall; lateral line w^rak, ob^ol^'te ii 

 yonng %\t*:(:Unf'U%, developed in the a/lult; dorsal i>ot>^rjor 

 opfK/ite and . to anal; carj^lal fin eroarginate; peetora 



fin Mrnall, inserted low; ventral^ rather pftntf-jiOT; vent norrrial 

 no adijK^e fin; no barb<f.-l; srtomar.h not <re<r9l, withont pyUfrh 

 app^mda {?*; j*ndobranchiae jrlandnlar; -;n; air bladder 



simple. Bai eranii double Cope;. Fihe of moderate oi 

 large ize, inhabiting the freh water* of the northern r,arf* o 

 Europe, Auia and North America. 



The geno L n c i n i readily subdivided into three groups 

 difttingniiihed by their ize, scaling and coloration- In the finr 

 group are three srpecie* of true pickerels, in which the cbeela 

 and opercle are entirely scaly, the color is greeniffh^ nxnal^ 

 with dark reticnlation, and the largest pecie reaches j 



Linn. soc. X. T, Proc: l^. no. , P- 27-^ 



