. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. A^'-l On the pooN Or,ier IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family f^IKE. fEsox Lucius, Esox rostra phigioplateo, Esox bicius. Pike or Pickerell, AusoNius, Id. X. 122; Gesner, De Aquat. p. 500; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 236. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 26 No. i. Lin., Sys. Nat. i. p. 516; Donov., Brit. Fish. v. pi. 109; ' Man. p. 417; GOnther's Cat. vi. p. 226; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 325. Willughby, p. 236; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 424, ed. 1812; Yarrell, i. p. 434; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. ijo. Characters of the Genus Esox
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. A^'-l On the pooN Or,ier IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family f^IKE. fEsox Lucius, Esox rostra phigioplateo, Esox bicius. Pike or Pickerell, AusoNius, Id. X. 122; Gesner, De Aquat. p. 500; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 236. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 26 No. i. Lin., Sys. Nat. i. p. 516; Donov., Brit. Fish. v. pi. 109; ' Man. p. 417; GOnther's Cat. vi. p. 226; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 325. Willughby, p. 236; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 424, ed. 1812; Yarrell, i. p. 434; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. ijo. Characters of the Genus Esox.—"Body elongate, covered with small cycloid scales, many with a muciferous channel; lateral line distinct; eye of moderate size. Snout elongate, broad, depressed, with the lower jaw the longer; cleft of the mouth very wide. Teeth of the mandible in a single series, unequal in size; some large; intermaxillary, vomer, palatine, and hyoid bones with bands of cardiform teeth; maxillary toothless. Dorsal fin opposite the anal. Caudal ;—Gdnther. THE Pike was probably unknown to the ancient Greeks; at any rate there is no mention of this fish in any Greek author; among the Latins, Ausonius is the only writer who clearly alludes to it in the followinq- lines:—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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