Modern FishcuUure in Fresh and Salt Waitr. 



more, and is distinguished from the other species by 

 its larger eye, a black blotch on the last part of its first 

 dorsal fin. In the illustrations of the "Fisheries In- 

 dustries" from which my cuts have been taken, the 

 wall-eye is called by the name of the other fish ; some- 

 body blundered. Goode has them correct. 



THE SAUCER (S. canadcuse) . 



This is a smaller fish and is, not classed as a "hard 

 fish" on the Great Lakes, but is placed among the in- 

 ferior "soft fish.' 7 It has a black spot at the base of 

 the pectoral fins, smaller eye, and rows of spots on its 



THE SAUCER OR SAND PIKE (Stizostedion Canadense). 



first dorsal. It is a more northern species, ranging 

 from the Ohio northward. It is also called "sand 

 pike," which in the plates of the "Fisheries Industries" 

 is misprinted "land pike." 



HATCHING WALL-EYED PIKE EGGS. 

 By James Nevin, Supt. Wisconsin Fish Commission. 



To the best of my knowledge, the first pike eggs 

 hatched on the American continent were collected and 



