402 REPORT OF THE 



Order HAPLOMI. Pike-like Fishes. 

 Family UMBRIDiE. Mud Minnows. 



70. Striped Mud Minnow [Umbra pygmcea DeKay). 



The Striped Mud Minnow was described by DeKay under the name of the 

 Pigmy Dace. He regarded it as a member of the minnow family. His specimens 

 were from brooks near Tappan, Rockland County. He states that it is very active, 

 ascends high up the sources of small streams, and is frequently left in shallow pools 

 dried up by the sun. 



Dr. Ayres found it in the Connecticut River, on the south side of Long Island, 

 where it appeared to be somewhat uncommon, living chiefly among the grasses with 

 which the river abounds. The fish was found in the upper waters of Swan River 

 and Grist Mill Pond, at Patchogue, more abundantly in the pond, where it was 

 concealed in aquatic plants. 



Family LUCIIDiE. Pikes. 



71. Banded Pickerel {Lucius aniericanus Gmelin). 



The Banded Pickerel of Long Lsland is called Varied Pickerel by DeKay who 

 states that this little fish is abundant in many of the streams and ponds on Long 

 Island and is said never to exceed the length of 10 inches. This pickerel is an 

 excellent food fish. It frequents the fresh portions of the short coastwise streams. 

 The smallest Banded Pickerel obtained in the summer of igoi was 2 15/16 inches 

 long. It was seined in Swan River September 24. The largest one seen was 13^ 

 inches long, an unusual size for this pickerel. This example was seined in Brown's 

 Creek, Sayville, October 8, 1901. It was almost completely covered by a skin 

 parasite forming small black specks which may indicate the presence of larval 

 trematodes. A similar parasite was found on the Bergall by the late Prof. R3^der, 

 who published an account of it in Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, page 37, 1884. 



72. Chain Pickerel {Lucius rcticulatus Le Sueur). 



The Chain Pickerel is called the Common Pickerel by DeKay, who states that it 

 is found in most of the ponds and streams throughout the State. It is caught 

 during the whole year, but appears to be most prized in winter. He also mentions 

 the fish under the name of Federation Pike. The pickerel, according to Mitchill, 

 frequented the brooks and ponds of Long Island, but he did not distinguish between 

 the Chain Pickerel and the Banded Pickerel, which was described by Gmelin many 

 years earlier, and redescribed by DeKay in 1842. The Chain Pickerel is reported 



