Fishes . h of different sizes, some of them being movable. Theupper jaw is not projectile, and its margin, as in the Salmouidcr,is formed by the maxillary. The scales are small, and thedorsal fin far back and opposite the anal, and the stomachis without pyloric ca;ca. There is but a single genus, Esox{Lucius of Rafinesque), wdth about five or six living of these are North American, the other one being foundin Europe, Asia, and North America. All the pikes are greedy and voracious fishes, very destruc-tive to other species which may happen to be their neighbors;mere machines for th
Fishes . h of different sizes, some of them being movable. Theupper jaw is not projectile, and its margin, as in the Salmouidcr,is formed by the maxillary. The scales are small, and thedorsal fin far back and opposite the anal, and the stomachis without pyloric ca;ca. There is but a single genus, Esox{Lucius of Rafinesque), wdth about five or six living of these are North American, the other one being foundin Europe, Asia, and North America. All the pikes are greedy and voracious fishes, very destruc-tive to other species which may happen to be their neighbors;mere machines for the assimilation of other describes the pike as the swiftest, wariest, and mostravenous of fishes, which Josselyn calls the river-wolf. It isa solemn, stately, ruminant fish, lurking under the shadow ofa lily-pad at noon, wath still, circumspect, voracious eye; motion-less as a jewel set in water, or moving slowly along to take upits position; darting from time to time at such unlucky fish. The Scyphophori, Haplomi, and Xenomi 41 i or frog or insect as comes within its range, and swallowing itat one gulp. Sometimes a striped snake, bound for greenermeadows across the stream, ends its undulatory progress inthe same receptacle. As food-fishes, all the Esocida rank high. Their flesh iswhite, fine-grained, disposed in flakes, and of excellent flavor. The finest of the Esocidcc, a species to be compared, as agrand game fish, with the salmon, is the muskallunge {Esoxmasquinongy). Technically this species may be known bythe fact that its cheeks and opercles are both naked on thelower half. It may be known also by its great size and by its
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