SAUGER. 961. 
130. SrizostETHIUM CANADENSE (C. H. Smith) Jordan. 
Sauger; Gray Pike; Sand Pike; Ground Pike; Pickering ; 
Pickerel. 
Lucioperca canadensis, ©. H. Smiru, MSS., Griffith’s Cuvier’s Animal Kingdom, x, 1834, 
275.—RICHARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Amer. Fishes, iii, 1836, 17.—DrEKay, N. Y,. Fauna, 
Fishes, 1842, 19.—STormR, Synopsis, 1846, 276.—GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes. i, 1859, 75. 
_ —JORDAN, Klippart’s Report, 1877, 225. 
Stizostedium canadense, JORDAN, Man. Vert., 1876, 225,—JORDAN and COPELAND, Check 
List, 1876, 136. 
Stizostethium canadense, JORDAN, Bull., x, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1877, 48; Man. Vert., 2d Ed., 
1878, 230. 
Lucioperca grisea, DEKayY, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 19.—StorerR, Synopsis, 1846, 276. 
—GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, i, 1859, 76.—JORDAN, Ind. Geol. Surv., 1874, 212. 
Stizostedium griseum, MILNER, Rept. U. 8. Fish Com., 1872-3.—JORDAN, Man. Vert., 1876, 
225 —NELSON, Bull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1876, 36.—JoRDAN and COPELAND, Check 
List, 1876, 136. 
ELucioperca borea, GIRARD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., Nov., 1857 (not Okow or Horn Fish, 
Richardson, which is S. vitreum.). 
Stizostedion boreus, GIRARD, Pac. R, R. Surv., x, 1868, 31. 
Stizostedium boreum, JORDAN and COPELAND, Check List, 1876. 136. 
Lucioperea pepinus, Estes, Hallock’s Sportsman’s Gazetteer. 
Description.—Body most elongated, more terete than in vitrewm proper, with the back 
scarcely compressed, so broad that the lateral line may be seen in a view from above ; 
the back somewhat angulated as it descends to the sides; the depth of the body four 
and one-half to five in length ; head quite pointed, about three and one-half in length ; 
the slope of the profile greater than in vitreum ; eye smaller, five to five and one-half 
in adult; mouth rather smaller, the lower jaw included; maxillary reaching to opposite 
posterior margin of eye; opercle with a sharp, flat spine, usually a smaller one below 
it, and an obscure one above; sometimes two or three smaller ones below, often 
none; the position and number of these spines extremely variable; in variety canadense, 
sometimes as many as seventeen of these spines occur; cheeks usually closely scaled, 
the hinder third, or less, sometimes naked ; median furrow on top of head closely scaled ; 
coloration paler and more translucent, the shades less blended than in S. vitreum, olive 
gray above, sides considerabiy brassy or pale orange, with much black mottling; the 
black gathered into several definite dark areas, the most distinct of these being oppo- 
site the second dorsal; two others fainter, at each extremity of the spinous dorsal and 
one at base of caudal; these blotches are irregular and diffuse, but very characteristic ; 
young specimens are pale orange, with broad, black shades; spinous dorsal, with two 
or three rows of round, black spots, one of each row on the membrane between each 
pair of spines; no distinct blotch on posterior part of the fin; a large black blotch at 
base of pectorals; second dorsal with about three rows of irregular, dark spots; caudal 
yellowish and dusky, almost barred; fin rays: dorsal NI 17) varying to XIII, 1-18; 
anal II, 12; lateral line with ninety two to ninety-eight scales; pyloric cceca four to 
seven, four of them larger than the rest, of different lengths, all small and shorter than 
the stomach ; the usual number is six, but the two small ones are sometimes one or both 
absent, sometimes duplicated. Length of adult 10 to 15 inches, 
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