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rivers in western Virginia, North Carolina and Geor- 

 gia. "In the upper lakes, where the true pike Esox 

 Indus is known as the pickerel, the S. vitreum is called 

 the 'pike,' with such local variations as 'blue pike/ 

 'yellow pike/ 'green pike' and 'grass pike.' In Ohio, 

 Tennessee and western North Carolina -it robs Esox of 

 another of its names and is called a 'jack.' In Lake 

 Erie, however, it is generally known as 'pickerel.' The 

 name 'salmon' is quite generally applied in rivers 

 where no member of the Salmonida is found. This 

 is notably the fact in the tributaries of the Mississippi, 

 Ohio and Susquehanna. 'Okow/ sometimes heard in 



THE WALL-EYED PIKE (Stizostedion Vitreum}. 



the lake region, is evidently a corruption of 'okun' 

 and 'okunj/ Polish and Russian names for the com- 

 mon perch. The French Canadians on the lakes call it 

 'doree/ and 'dory' is a name which has found its way 

 into books. . . . The name 'wall-eyed pike' is 

 coming into favor and has already replaced some mis- 

 nomers long prevalent. If it must be used, 'wall-eye' 

 is of course to be preferred to the misleading 'wall- 

 eyed pike.' To me it seems a most repulsive and un- 

 desirable name, but others find it appropriate." 

 GOODE, "American Fishes." 



The wall-eye grows to a weight of thirty pounds or 



