PIKES. 
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' and minute ; the eyes very large and prominent. 
I By means of the enormous development of the 
ii pectorals, these fishes are enabled to project them- 
[ selves from the water, and to perform a lengthen- 
ed flight through the air. They are very common 
FLYING" FISH. 
in the tropical seas ; vast shoals springing into the 
air almost constantly in fine weather. A straggler 
now and then wanders to our own shores. About 
forty species are enumerated. 
Genus Esox, (Linn.) 
The freshwater Pikes have a moderately length- 
ened body with a large, oblong, rounded, flattened 
