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Pikes
Esox
Esox is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel. It is the type genus of the family Esocidae. The type species of the genus is Esox lucius, the northern pike.
Esox have a fossil record extending back to the Paleocene. Modern large pike species are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic realms, ranging across Northern America and from Western Europe to Siberia in North Asia.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Northern Pike
speciesEsox lucius
Chain Pickerel
speciesEsox niger
American Pickerel
speciesEsox americanus
Muskellunge
speciesEsox masquinongy
Tiger Muskellunge
hybridEsox masquinongy × lucius
Southern Pike
speciesEsox cisalpinus
Amur Pike
speciesEsox reichertii
American × Chain Pickerel
hybridEsox americanus × niger
Aquitanian Pike
speciesEsox aquitanicus
Northern Pike × Chain Pickerel
hybridEsox lucius × niger
Esox lucius × aquitanicus
hybridEsox lucius × aquitanicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51370.