210 Fresh Water Aquarium 



the usual shape of the pike, but very large 

 eves. It resembles the others in all essential 

 points. The color is green, becoming light 

 on the belly. The sides are marked with 

 numerous curved streaks, often taking the 

 form of bars. A pronounced black bar 

 runs below the eye. The fins are of a 

 uniform grayish color. It lives in streams 

 in the South and West, where it is quite 

 common. 



The Muskellunge, or Muscallonge (Esox mas- 

 quinongy), may be kept in the aquarium as 

 long as it is very small, but even then only 

 with fishes of at least its own size. Aqua- 

 rium specimens are long and slender, the 

 back slightly convex and the line of the 

 lower side parallel with that of the back. 

 In general shape it resembles the pike, 

 which it surpasses in size when fully de- 

 veloped. The color on the back is a dark 

 grav with a silvery luster, and silvery white 

 on the belly. Numerous dots and stripes of 

 a blackish and dark brown color are distrib- 



