Organisms

Esocidae

A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species: northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.

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Abstract

A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species: northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Pike
  • Amur Pike
  • Chain Pickerel
  • Esox
  • Esox americanus
  • Esox lucius
  • Esox masquinongy
  • Esox niger
  • Esox reicherti
  • Grass Pickerel
  • Muskellunge
  • Northern Pike
  • Muskellunges
  • Pickerel, Chain
  • Pickerel, Grass
  • Pike, Amur
  • Pike, Northern

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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History Note

94; ESOX was see SALMONIDAE 1987-93

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.493w.385w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Esocidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017859. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017859
  2. Esocidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esocidae
  3. Esocidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1987393