206 Fresh Water Aquarium 



ber of spines on the back is four. In its 

 habits this fish is like the other species of 

 its family. It is found in fresh waters from 

 New York to Kansas. 



The Banded, or Trout Pickerel (Esox amcr- 

 icanus), has the long slender body of the 

 pike tribe and is a hardy and robust fish. 

 The back is dark green, the belly silvery 

 gray, while the sides are marked with nu- 

 merous dark stripes, alternating with stripes 

 of a light silvery green color. The eye is 

 rather large and traversed by a black stripe 

 running from the opercle to the mouth, and 

 another black bar is below the eye. If 

 small enough, that is from two to four 

 inches long, this pickerel is a very good fish 

 for the aquarium, but as it is of voracious 

 temperament, it should be kept either by 

 itself, or with fish of larger size. Fully 

 grown it measures about 12 inches. It will 

 often remain motionless, in some place in 

 the aquarium favorable for observation, 

 watching for the approach of prey, usually 



