PLATE 72 
PLATE CIX. 
ESOX LUCIUS. 
PIKE. 
**** piscES ABDOMINALES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
flatfish above : mouth and throat large : jaws toothed : un- 
^ ’ 112 u PP el one flat, lower punctated : tongue broad, loose : 
smooth : eyes round, moderate size, and lateral : nostrils 
1Car t ^ le e yes- Gill-covers large, aperture ample, with from 
^ t0 twe ^ ve ra Y s - Body elongated, covered with hard scales, 
convex, and compressed on the sides: lateral line straight, 
1 the back, and scarcely visible: dorsal and anal fin very short, 
ai td placed opposite. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Snout depressed, jaws nearly equal. 
Ess0x T 
u °ius: rostro depresso subsequali. Linn. Fn. Suec. 355. 
j, Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat: T. 4. p. 3. p. 1390. 
1 . rostro plagio plateo. Art. Gen. syn. 10, sun. 26. spec. 53. 
ucius. Rondel, pise. p. 188 . 
Gem. uq. p. 500. 
Alison. I\/os. p. 122 , 
