MUSCALLONGE

or Maskalonge, or Maskinonge, the variously — spelled title given to sev- = 7 eral large fresh-water > oli a fishes of the pike family. a > There are three chiet types: (1) the Great Lakes Muse allonge and St. Lawrence River fish—a big creature, sometimes exceeding a length of eight feet and a weight of 100 pounds, of eround-color or silvery-grey skin, marked by irregular black spots, and with flesh that may be cla ified as excellent; (2) the Barred, or Chautauqua, species (or sub-species), chiefly in New York waters, white and delicate of flesh and reaching five feet in length, dark green on the back and with bra y green bars, split into diffuse spots, and (3) a spotted fish of small lakes of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.