ESOX. PIKE, 



Generic Character, 



Caput supra planiusculum : 



OS amplum. 

 Denies acuti, in maxillis, 



palato, lingua. 

 Corpus elongatum: pinnae 



dorsalis analisque (pleris- 



que) prope caudam, op- 



positae. 



Head somewhat flattened 

 above : mouth wide. 



l^eeth sharp, in the jaws, pa- 

 late, and tongue. 



^oc^^ lengthened : dorsal and 

 anal fin (in most species) 

 placed near the tail, and 

 opposite each other. 



. COMMON PIKE. 



Esox Lucius. E. griseo-oUvaceus suhflam maculatus, rostro 

 depresso subceqiiali. 

 ■ Greyish-olive Pike, with yellowish spots, and depressed sub- 

 ' equal jaws. 



Esox Lucius. E. rostro depresso subaequali. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 

 516. 



Lucius. Rondel, Gesn. SfC. Spc. 



Esox Lucius. E, capite compresso, ricfu amplo. Block, t. 32. 

 Pike. Fenn, Brit. Zool, Pike or Pickerel. Will, ichth, p. 236, 



To the general history of this fish perhaps little 

 can be added to what Mr. Peiotnant has already 

 detailed in the third volume of the British Zoology. 

 It is, says that agreeable writer, a native of most 

 of the lakes and smaller rivers in Europe, but the 

 largest are those of Lapland, which, according to 



