LONG-NOSED GAR PIKE. 771 
Lepidosteus huronensis, RICHARDSON, 1. c.—AGassiz, 1. c.—Cops, 1. c., 86.—DUMERIL, 1. ¢. 
Lepidosteus rostratus, RICHARDSON, |. ¢., 228. 
Lepidosteus gracilis, AGassiz, Poissons Fossiles, ii, 3.— RICHARDSON, 1. c., 240. 
Lepidosteus semiradiaius, AGASSIZ, 1. c., ii, 2—MuLLER, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1844, 
pl. 2. 
Lepidesteus lineatus, THOMPSON, Hist. Vermont, 145, 1842. 
Lepidosteus bison, DEKAY, Fishes, N. Y., 271. 
Lepidosteus lepterhynchus, GIRARD, Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 351, 1859. 
Lepidosteus crassus, Cope, Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., 1865, 86. 
Lepidosteus otarius, COPE, |. c. 
Lepidosteus louisianensis AUGUST DUMERIL, Hist. Naturelle des Poissons, 1370. 
Lepidosteus harlant, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus smithit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus ayresit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus clintonit, DUMERLL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus piquotianus, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus elisabeth, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus copii, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus lamarii, DUMERIL, op. cit. | 
Lepidosteus troostit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus lesueurit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus treculit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus milbertii, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus horatiit, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Lepidosteus thompsoni, DUMERIL, op. cit. 
Description. Body elongate, subterete; head very long, forming about one third the 
length, its depth about one twelfth; snout more than twice the length of the rest 
of the head; ventral fins about midway between pectorals and anal; olivaceous, 
white below; sides with round black spots, which are more distinct posteriorly; in old 
fishes these are faint, but in the young they are very conspicuous, and in very young | 
individuals they are confluent, forming a black lateral band; all the fins except the 
pectorals with similar round black spots. D.7, A. 9, lat.1.65. Length, two to five feet. 
Habitat, New York to Missouri river, south to Florida and the Rio Grande, abundant 
in all large bodies of water, but not ascending small streams. 
Diagnosis—From the other Bony Gars this species may be known 
at once by the great length and slenderness of the snout, the distance 
from the eye to the tip of the snout being more than twice the length of 
the rest of the head. 
Habits.—The Gar Pike is abundant in the state of Ohio, inhabiting 
the Lake and the Ohio River, and ascending all the larger tributaries of 
both. It frequents lakes and quiet places in the rivers and is a fish of 
usually quiet or somnolent habits. Dr. Kirtland remarks, “It may be 
seen, apparently sleeping, on the surface, and gently carried around oa 
an eddy, for an hour at a time.” Notwithstanding the prevalent idea of 
its great voracity, it rarely takes the hook, and I have never seen it 
