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Northern Pike
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Esociformes »  family Esocidae - pikes »  genus Esox - Pike

Scientific synonyms

Lucius lucius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Esox lucius atrox Anikin, 1902
Esox reichertii baicalensis Dybowski, 1874
Esox lucius bergi Kaganowsky, 1933
Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850
Esox estor Lesueur, 1818
Trematina foveolata Trautschold, 1884
Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850
Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850
Esox lucius variegatus Fitzinger, 1832

Other names

= Common Pike
= Great Lakes Pike
= Great Northern Pickerel
= Great Northern Pike
= Jack
= Jackfish
= Pickerel

Images


juvenile animal

Esox lucius - Northern Pike

Author: Klaus Rudloff

skull

Esox lucius - Northern Pike

Author: Pavel Zuber

Esox lucius - Northern Pike

Author: Pavel Zuber

Esox lucius - Northern Pike

Author: Pavel Zuber

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [258]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/8666]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2877:hecht-esox-lucius&Itemid=444]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2007): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 5. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii), kostnatí (Neopterygii) - stříbrnicotvární (Argentiniformes), ďasové (Lophiiformes), Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha, 91 str. [as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 16 November 2013
CZ Chobot K. & Němec M. [eds.] (2017): Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Obratlovci, Příroda, Praha, 34: 8–35 [as Esox lucius]
Data retrieved on: 6 March 2025
EN Daniels, R. A.; R. S. Morse; B. R. Weatherwax (2006): Fish, Conewango Creek, Allegheny River Drainage, New York, USA, Check List 2(1):14-19 [as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758]

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