. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. PIKE, ML' AXD PICKERI-I. an.' nuich smaller. Eso.\ rrticiiliitiis. is tisuallv known in llic North Ii\- the nanu' •• Pi( kcrcl "; in the Sduthc/n States it i-> thr ••; It is found < hiilly in tiic streams alonij the Atlantic (oast, from Maine to Alahama. and is generally ahundant, esjet ially in (dear, urassy <niks and jiond--. It is not t'oimd in the Lake region
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. PIKE, ML' AXD PICKERI-I. an.' nuich smaller. Eso.\ rrticiiliitiis. is tisuallv known in llic North Ii\- the nanu' •• Pi( kcrcl "; in the Sduthc/n States it i-> thr ••; It is found < hiilly in tiic streams alonij the Atlantic (oast, from Maine to Alahama. and is generally ahundant, esjet ially in (dear, urassy <niks and jiond--. It is not t'oimd in the Lake region, nor west of the AlUghanies. It some- times, though rarelv,attains the wvight of se\en or eight pounds, and the length of three or four feet, and is much more slender in form, and gra( e- tut in motion than the IMke. It is yellow-green or brown in color, with an interlacing network of hrown lines. co\ering the hodw Its pciiiliar markings have given it the name of ••Chaiti ; and iiatriotioli( al of the I'edi' union, which was stamped upon certain copper coins used during the last TlIK ' Esox amcriiamis, the '-Brook Pickerel," or " Pianded Pickerel," sometimes also called the '* Long Island Pickerel," " Trout PickerL;; and " l\)nd I'; is comparatively small, rarely exceeding a foot in length, though occasionally reaching the weight of five to eight pounds. Itscolor is dark green, with about twenty blackish, lateral, transverse bands, usually curved, often obscure, but never net-like. There is a bla< k line below the eye, and another through the eye and snout. The fins, espe- cially in the breeding season,are bright red. This species occiu's in the brooks on the Atlantic side of the Alleghanies, from Florida north to Massachusetts. Another diminutive Pike, similar in form and color to the last, is Esox vcrmictilatits (Esox n///*') whii|)]ii valley, esjiecially in the small
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