ichthyology, is the name of a species of leather-mouthed fish, very much resembling the nature of the common carp; being of the same shape and size, and its eyes, fins, and fleshy palate, exactly the same; from the gills to the tail there is a crooked dotted line; PIK

Pitahiroth the back and sides are bluish, and the belly reddish. It is covered with large scales; from the middle of each pike, of which there rises a fine, pellucid, prickle, which is very sharp. It is an excellent fish for the table, being perhaps preferable to the carp: and it is in season in the months of March and April. It is caught in lakes in some parts of Italy, and is mentioned by Pliny, tho' without a name. Artedi says it is a species of cyprinus, and he calls it the cyprinus, called picea and pigus.