. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 139 coasts of America, but only one ranging as far north as this state. {Synodus, an ancient Greek name for some fish, meaning "teeth meeting".) 117. SYNODUS FCETENS (Linnseus). "Pike"; "Sand Pike"; Lizard-fish'. Salmo faetena Linnseus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 513, 1766; South Carolina. Synodua fastens, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879. 384; Beaufort Harbor. Jenkins, 1887, 86; Beaufort. Linton, 1905, 353; Beaufort. Diagnosis (based on specimen inches long taken at Beaufort, November 1, 1904)
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 139 coasts of America, but only one ranging as far north as this state. {Synodus, an ancient Greek name for some fish, meaning "teeth meeting".) 117. SYNODUS FCETENS (Linnseus). "Pike"; "Sand Pike"; Lizard-fish'. Salmo faetena Linnseus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 513, 1766; South Carolina. Synodua fastens, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879. 384; Beaufort Harbor. Jenkins, 1887, 86; Beaufort. Linton, 1905, 353; Beaufort. Diagnosis (based on specimen inches long taken at Beaufort, November 1, 1904).— Body elongate, cylindrical, its depth .14 length; headlong, depressed, Uzard-like, .25 length of body; eye placed high, its diameter contained 6 times in head and times in snout; mouth large and armed with numerous small, sharp, depressible teeth; snout long, sharp; premaxillary 2 times length of snout and equal to post-orbital part of head; scales in lateral series 63 to 65, in transverse series 7 or 8 -|- 11 or 12; dorsal rays 12 (iacluding 2 unbranched rays), the longest .66 length of head; anal rays 12; caudal deeply forked; pectorals half length of head; ventrals large, their length about equal to height of dorsal. Life colors: body and sides grayish, finely mottled with brownish green, the centers of the scales being Ughter than the edges; head brown- ish with light vermiculations on top and sides, pale yellow below; about 8 very obscure dark blotches along sides; belly white; dorsal nearly plain, anal white, caudal dusky with black mar- gin, pectorals dusky greenish above and white below, ventrals pale yellowish, adipose fin white anteriorly and black posteriorly. (Joetens, odorous.). Fig. 47. LizABD-piSH. Synodus foetens. The lizard-fish is found on sandy shores from Massachusetts to South America, and is common along the south Atlantic coast. It is abundant in the North CaroHna sounds, and is known locally as "pike" and "sand pike". At Beau
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