AMERICAN FISHES. 
the Zander, or Schill, S. lucioperca (L),* and the Berschick, or Sekret, 
S. volgensis, (Pallas), the former distributed through a large part of 
Northern, Eastern and Central Europe, the latter, in the south of Russia, 
especially in the Dniester and the Volga. 
The popular nomenclature of the various American forms is in a most 
perplexing state. 
In the upper lakes where the true Pike, Esox lucins is known as the 
pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum is called the “ Pike,” with such local variations 
as “ Blue Pike,” “ Yellow Pike,” “Green Pike” and “Grass Pike.” 
In Ohio, Tennessee and western North Carolina, it robs Esox of another 
of its names, and is called “ Jack.” In Lake Erie, however, it is generally 
known as the “ Pickerel. ’ ’ 
The name “ Salmon,” is quite generally applied in rivers where no mem¬ 
ber of the family Salmonidcc is found. This is notably the fact in the 
tributaries of the Mississippi and Ohio, and in the Susquehanna: hundreds 
of cases of the capture of salmon, supposed to have developed from fry 
planted by the fish commissioners, have been reported in the newspapers dur¬ 
ing the past ten years, and almost always, when the matter has been inves¬ 
tigated, a Pike Perch has been found the innocent cause of the false report. 
“ White Salmon ” is a local name at the Falls of the Ohio; “Jack Salmon ’ ’ 
is another bad name. “ Okow,” sometimes heard in the lake region is evi¬ 
dently a corruption of ‘ ‘ Okun ’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Okunj, ’ ’ Polish and Russian names for 
the common perch, introduced by immigrants. The French Canadians on 
the lakes call it “Doree,” and “Dory” is a name which has found its 
way into the books. 
“ Glass eye ” and “Wall-eyed Pike ” are names peculiar to this species, 
and the former has been perpetuated in the specific name vitreum. The 
name “Wall-eyed Pike” is coming into favor, and has already replaced 
some of the misnomers long prevalent. On the Susquehanna, for instance, 
it is rapidly taking the place of “ Salmon. ” If it must be used, “ Wall-eye ’ ’ 
is of course to be preferred to the misleading “Wall-eyed Pike.” To me 
it seems a most repulsive and undesirable name, but others find it appro¬ 
priate. Listen to an ardent admirer:—“Look at this beautiful fish! as 
symmetrical in form as the salmon. Not a fault in his make-up, not a 
scale disturbed, every fin perfect, tail clean cut, and his great big wall-eyes 
stand out with that life-like glare so characteristic of the fish.” 
* Zander , Zant, Sander, Sannat, and Sandart in Northern Germany, Amaul, Nagemaul, Schiel, Schill and 
Fogosch in Southern Germany, Sander and San del in Austria, Sandre or Sandal in France, Sandart in 
Denmark, Goes in Sweden, Gjorf in Norway, Sudak in Russia, Sterkas in Lithuania, Sendacz in Poland, 
.Sullo and Fogas in Hungary. 
