THE FISHES OF XEW JERSEY. 439 



Introduced from the Great Lakes and Mississippi valley. This 

 is a much larger fish than the preceding, attaining 18 inches in 

 length. It is abundant in lakes or sluggish waters, and is also 

 less active and less esteemed than the preceding. 



Micropterus salmoides Abbott, Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1875-76, 

 p. 836. — J. Xelson, Rep. Geol. Surv. X. J., II, Zool., 1890, p. 

 /2'/. — E. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. Y., IX, 1897, p. 44. — Ever- 

 mann, Recreation, April, 1902, p. 292. 



Family PERCID^. 



The Perches. 



Genus Stizostedion Rafinesque. 



The Wall Eyed Pikes. 



stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill). 



Plati; 103. 



WrW Eyed Pike. Pike Perch. 



This fish may be distinguished from its nearest relative, the 



yellow perch, chiefly by the presence of the canine teeth, and 

 from the other members of the family by the Avell developed 

 pseudobranchise. 



Originally an inhabitant of the Great Lake and ^Mississippi 

 valley regions this species has been introduced into the Delaware. 

 It is a A^aluable food-fish reaching a length of 3 feet and a weight 

 of 20 pounds. 



Stizostedium vitreum J. X^elson, Rep. Geol. Surv., X". J., II, 

 Zool., 1890, p. 731. 



Lncioperca vitrea E. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. Y., IX, 1897, 

 p. 46. 



