The food and game fishes of New York: . TI!E FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 353 72. Banded Pickerel {Liiciits anicricanus Gmelin). Esox scomheriiis , AniL-r. Month. Mag., II, 322, March, 1818, Murderers Creek, New fasciafiis , N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 224, |)1. 34, fig. no, 1842, streams and ponds of Long aiiic-ica/nis Be.^n, Fishes Penna., 89, pi. 28, fig. 53, 1893. The Banded Pickerel is probably identical with the Mackerel Pike of is a small fish, seldom exceeding 12 inches in length, and will not average morethan Yz pound in weight. It occurs o

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The food and game fishes of New York: . TI!E FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 353 72. Banded Pickerel {Liiciits anicricanus Gmelin). Esox scomheriiis , AniL-r. Month. Mag., II, 322, March, 1818, Murderers Creek, New fasciafiis , N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 224, |)1. 34, fig. no, 1842, streams and ponds of Long aiiic-ica/nis Be.^n, Fishes Penna., 89, pi. 28, fig. 53, 1893. The Banded Pickerel is probably identical with the Mackerel Pike of is a small fish, seldom exceeding 12 inches in length, and will not average morethan Yz pound in weight. It occurs only east of the Alleghanies, from Massachu-setts to Florida in coastwise streams. In Pennsylvania it is limited to waters in theeastern part of the State, and the same is true in New York. This Pickerel is too small to have much importance as a food fish. It resemblesin general appearance and habits the Little Pickerel of the west. It frequents clear, ^vJr ^ ^^ BANDED PICKEREL. cold and rapid brooks and is said to associate with the Br

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