230 FISHES. 



2. STIZOSTETHIUM, Rafinesque. Pike Peeches. 



* Pyloric cosca three only, subequal, all long, about as long as the 

 stomach ; soft dorsal nearly as long as spinous dorsal ; body 

 more or less compressed. (BtieostetMum.) 



1. S. vftreum, (Mitch.) Jordan & Copeland. Wall- 

 Eyed PiKB. " Salmon." « Doky." Glass - Eye. Yellow 

 Pike. Body slender, becoming compressed with age, 

 the back not especially depressed ; dorsal spines high, more 

 than half length of head; eye 4^ to 5 in head. General 

 color a heavy olive, finely mottled with brassy; a large 

 black spot on last rays of spinous dorsal, the fin other- 

 wise nearly or quite unmarked; D. XIII— 1; 21; A. II, 

 13; lat. 1. 90. Size very large; this species reaches a 

 length of nearly three feet, and a weight of 20 to 30 lbs. 

 Great Lake region and some Atlantic streams, north to the 

 Fur Countries; an abundant and valued food-fish. {Zuci- 

 operca americana, Cuv.) 



Var. salmoneum, (Raf.) Jor. Blue Pike. "White 

 Salmost." Body shorter, thicker and deeper, with slen- 

 derer caudal peduncle; mouth smaller; eye larger; dorsal 

 spines lower, 2^ in head; coloration bluer, with silvery 

 instead of brassy mottlings; fin coloration darker; young 

 pale, with traces of vertical bars; D. XIV — 1, 20; A. 

 II, 13; lat. 1. 95. This species or variety is very similar 

 to the preceding, but it is distinguished at sight by the 

 fishermen, and seems to rarely attain a length of more 

 than a foot. Lake Erie, Ohio River, and South. 

 ** Pyloric cceca 4 to 7, unequal, all small (shorter than the 



stomach ;) soft dorsal much shorter than spinous dorsal ; 



body thick, cylindric, depressed forwards, {Oynoperea, Gill 



& Jordan.) 



2. S. canadense, (Smith) Jor. Saugee. Sakd Pike. 

 Geat Pike. Body little compressed, broad across the 

 back and rather depressed; cheeks, top of head, eto^, 



