[83] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 469 



BELONID-E. 



Genus TYLQSURUS Cocco. 



56. Tyjosmriis marintis (Bl. Sclm.) Jor. & Glib. Silver Gar- 



fish; Soft Gar; Bill-fish; Needle-fish. 

 Atlantic coast of the United States from Maine to 



Florida ; Gulf of Mexico ; south to Brazil. 

 This species ascends rivers far above tide- water; it 



reaches a length of 4 feet ; it is sometimes offered for 



sale, in Washington market, with the head cut off. 



For the embryology of this gar see Ryder, Bull. U. 



S. Fish Com., I, p. 283. 

 12960. Potomac River, Washington, D. C. P. L. Jouy. 



amblyopsid^e. 



Genus AMBLYOPSIS De Kay. 



57. Aiiifolyopsis spelsesES De Kay. Blind Fish. 



Indiana and Kentucky, in subterranean streams. 



5863. (R.) ? Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. 



Genus TYPHLICHTHYS Girard. 



*58. Typhliehtltys stitoterranetis Girard. 



Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, in subterranean 

 streams. 



8563. (R.) Bowling Green, Kentucky. J. E. Younglove. 



ESOCDXE. 



Genus ESOX Linne. 

 Subgenus Picorellus Rafinesque. 



#59. Esox americaiius Gmelin. Banded Pickerel; Pike. 



United States east of the Alleghanies from Massachu- 

 setts to Florida. 

 In length this pickerel seldom exceeds one foot. 



1587. Piermont, New York. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



Subgenus Esox Linne. 



©O. Esox 1 ucius Linne. Pike; Lake Pike; Grass Pike. 



Northern North America, Europe, and Asia ; in the 

 Mississippi Valley extending south to Illinois River; 

 its distribution northeastward along the Atlantic side 

 is unknown. 



This is a well-known game fish and is very important 

 commercially. The supply for the Washington mar- 

 kets is brought mostly from the Great Lakes. 



11142. Sandusky, Ohio. J. W. Milner. 

 32584. Michigan. Frank N. Clark. 



