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Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 154210

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Esociformes (Order) > Esocidae (Family) > Esox (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Esox Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850
Esox estor Lesueur, 1818
Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850
Esox lucius atrox Anikin, 1902
Esox lucius bergi Kaganowsky, 1933
Esox lucius lucius
Esox lucius lucius natio wiliunensis Kirillov, 1962 (synonym)
Esox lucius variegatus Fitzinger, 1832
Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850
Esox reichertii baicalensis Dybowski, 1874
Luccius vorax Rafinesque, 1810
Lucius lucius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trematina foveolata Trautschold, 1884
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: Wita, I.. 1974. Three new species of Paradistigma gen. n. (Euglenoidina parasitica) parasitizing Ergasilus sieboldi Nordm. (Copepoda) from Esox lucius L. of Mazurian Lakes in Poland. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 22(35):365-391, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2. (15-ix-1974) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish gedde  [details]
Dutch snoek  [details]
English northern pike  [details]
English pike  [details]
French brochet  [details]
French grand brochet  [details]
German Hecht  [details]
Hebrew זאב המים  [details]
Italian luccio  [details]
Lithuanian lydeka  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Τούρνα  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gjedde  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gjedde  [details]
Polish szczupak  [details]
Polish szczupak pospolity  [details]
Romanian știucă  [details]
Russian щука  [details]
Russian Щука обыкновенная  [details]
Slovenian ščuka  [details]
Spanish lucio  [details]
Swedish gädda  [details]
Turkish turna baligi  [details]
Turkish turna balığı  [details]
Ukrainian Щука звичайна  [details]
Welsh penhwyad  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Esox lucius atrox Anikin, 1902 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Esox lucius bergi Kaganowsky, 1933 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Esox lucius lucius accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Esox lucius variegatus Fitzinger, 1832 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Black Sea [details]
British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Bay [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
IJsselmeer [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Territories [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Ungava Bay [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Ergasilus sieboldi von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus luciopercarum Henderson, 1926 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Tracheliastes polycolpus Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea esocina (Burmeister, 1835) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeocera esocina (Hermann, 1783) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola extensa (Kessler, 1868) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1261 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (34704 nucleotides; 1758 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
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Esox lucius
Esox lucius
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Esox lucius
Esox lucius
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Esox lucius
Esox lucius
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Esox lucius
Esox lucius
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Esox lucius
Esox lucius
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154210
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154210 on 2013-05-22
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