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Esocidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

154207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154207)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Esociformes

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Subfamily Dalliinae Jordan in Gill, 1885
1. Genus Dallia Bean, 1880
2. Genus Dalia Bean, 1880 accepted as Dallia Bean, 1880 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Subfamily Esocinae Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Esox Linnaeus, 1758
2. Genus Novumbra Schultz, 1929
3. Genus Luccius Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Lucius Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
4. Genus Lucius Klein, 1776 accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, sppressed, also junior primary homonym)
5. Genus Lucius Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792 accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, suppressed, in a rejected work, also junior primary homonym)
6. Genus Lucius Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
7. Genus Lucius Garsault, 1764 accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
8. Genus Trematina Trautschold, 1884 † accepted as Esox Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Esocidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154207 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-22 06:27:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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Present

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Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
English	pikes	[details]
German	Hechte	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	gjeddefamilien	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	gjeddefamilien	[details]
Swedish	gäddfiskar	[details]

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