LONG-NOSED GAE PIKE. 771 



Lepidosteus huronemis, Richardson, 1. o. — Agassiz, 1. o. — Copb, 1. c, 86. — Dumeril, 1. c. 

 Lepidostevs rostratua, Richardson, 1. c, 238. 



Lepidosteus gracilis, Agassiz, Poissons Fossiles, ii, 3. — Richardson, 1, c, 240. 

 Lepidosteus semiradiaius, Agassiz, 1. c, ii, 2. — Mttller, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1814, 



pi. 2. 

 Lepidosteus Uneatus, Thompson, Hist. Vermont, 145, 1842. 

 Lepidosteus iison, DeKay, Fishes, N. Y., 271. 

 Lepidosteus leptorhynchus, Girard, Pao. R. R. Surv., x, 351, 1859. 

 Lepidosteus crassus, Cope, Proc. Pliil. Acad. Soi., 1865, 86. 

 Lepidosteus otarius, Cope, 1. o. 



Lepidosteus louisianensis August Dumeril, Hist. Naturelle des Poissons, 1870. 

 Lepidosteus harlani, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus smithii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus ayresii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus olintonii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidostetis piqiiotianus, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus elisaieth, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus copii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus lamarii, Dumeril, op. cit." 

 Lepidosteus troostii, Dumbbil, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus lesueurii, Dumbkil, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus treouUi, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus milbertii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus horaiii, Dumeril, op. cit. 

 Lepidosteus thompsoni, Dumeril, op. cit. 



Veseription. — Body elongate, subterete ; liead very long, forming about one third the 

 length, its depth about one twelfth ; snout more than twice the length of the rest 

 of the head; ventral fins about midway between pectorals and anal; olivaceous, 

 white below ; sides with round black spots, which are more distinct posteriorly ; in old 

 fishes these are faint, but in the young they are very conspicuous, and in very young 

 individuals they are confluent, forming a black lateral band ; all the fins except the 

 pectorals with similar round black spots. D. 7, A. 9, lat. 1. 65. Length, two to five feet. 



Habitat, New York to Missouri river, south to Florida and the Rio Grande, abundant 

 in all large bodies of water, but not ascending small streams. 



Diagnosis. — From the other Bony Gars this species may be known 

 at once by the great length and slenderness of the snout, the distance 

 from the eye to the tip of the snout being more than twice the length of 

 the rest of the head. 



Habits. — The Gar Pike is abundant in the state of Ohio, inhabiting 

 the Lake and the Ohio River, and ascending all the larger tributaries of 

 both. It frequents lakes and quiet places in the rivers and is a fish of 

 usually quiet or somnolent habits. Dr. Kirtland remarks, " It may be 

 seen, apparently sleeping, on the surface, and gently carried around on 

 an eddy, for an hour at a time." Notwithstanding the pravalent idea of 

 its great voracity, it rarely takes the hook, and I have never seen it 



