Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . that it wasof vt-ry unusual excellence. I never saw a more striking instance of the effect whiehdifferent waters lm\e upon the colouring and condition of fishes, 230 ESOCID^, than in this Pickerel; nothing was left unchanged except thosespecific characters on which alone permanent distinctions canbe founded; and without a knowledge of which the quickestobservation is useless, so far as assigning their places to any ofthe animal kingdom. In addition to the four species above described, there are laid
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . that it wasof vt-ry unusual excellence. I never saw a more striking instance of the effect whiehdifferent waters lm\e upon the colouring and condition of fishes, 230 ESOCID^, than in this Pickerel; nothing was left unchanged except thosespecific characters on which alone permanent distinctions canbe founded; and without a knowledge of which the quickestobservation is useless, so far as assigning their places to any ofthe animal kingdom. In addition to the four species above described, there are laiddown in the books three others, besides the hideous Garpike,or AlHgator Gar [Esox Osseus), of the West. These are the Esox Niger, Esox Phaleratus, and EsoxVittatus, of the western waters, all which are so closely allied,and so closely similar in habit, that there is no object inoccupying space in their description, the rather as they arewell known, and not liable to be mistaken for others of thesame family. FAMILY DF Tin; ANCT IM,I|) M. 237 ANGrilJJ \).\: THK i:i:l. A nguiUti—A ittorc m .. (iH I in no respect rej,;ir(l the l!el as wDitliy of thenotice of the nn;:hr, a volume on fish and fishiiij; wouM )»•incomplete, had it not sumc allusion tn this siu<;ular tish, whichis, moreover, verj* excellent on the table. The family to which it belongs is of a (liffcrcnt order fromany which have been entimerated, that of the Apodiil Maln-roptfrijgii, or soft-finned fishes, destitute of Mutrals. Theyhave slender and elongated bodies, without apparent scales, 288 ANGUILLIDJ5. these being deeply imbedded in mucous skin. Gill-covers theyhave none, the gill-openings are small, before, and rather belowthe origin of the pectoral fins. The dorsal fin extends abovetwo-thirds, and the anal above one-half the length of the wholefish, both united at the end, and forming a tail. The lateralline exhibits a series of mucous orifices. The general coloui is hair-brow^n, varying to glossy
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