WoRMS taxon details
Esox Linnaeus, 1758
154208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154208)
accepted
Genus
Luccius Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Lucius Klein, 1776 · unaccepted > unavailable name (sppressed, also junior primary homonym)
Lucius Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792 · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed, in a rejected work,...)
suppressed, in a rejected work, also junior primary homonym
Lucius Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Lucius Garsault, 1764 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trematina Trautschold, 1884 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subgenus Esox (Esox) Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Esox (Esox) lucius Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Esox (Esox) reichertii Dybowski, 1869 represented as Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
- Subgenus Esox (Kenozoa) Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Species Esox (Kenozoa) americanus Gmelin, 1789 represented as Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789
- Species Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789
- Species Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Esox aaveri Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
- Species Esox alepidotus Forster, 1801 accepted as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Esox argenteus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Esox argenteus Forster, 1801 accepted as Albula argentea (Forster, 1801)
- Species Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (unaccepted > superseded combination, also primary homonym)
- Species Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771 accepted as Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Esox belone Linnaeus, 1760 accepted as Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) (synonym)
- Species Esox boa Risso, 1810 accepted as Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
- Species Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox brasiliensis Pennant, 1787 accepted as Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Esox cepedianus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
- Species Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Esox cypho Cope, 1865 accepted as Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789 (junior synonym)
- Species Esox estor Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Esox far Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Esox flavula Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox gambarur Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Hyporhamphus gamberur (Rüppell, 1837)
- Species Esox gladius Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Esox hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Esox houttuyni Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Tylosurus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Species Esox indica McClelland, 1842 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834 accepted as Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
- Species Esox longirostris Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Esox marginatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Esox marinus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox ovinus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803 (synonym)
- Species Esox pisciculus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Esox pisculentis Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) (misspelling)
- Species Esox pisculentus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Esox saurus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
- Species Esox spet Haüy, 1787 accepted as Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox stomias Shaw, 1798 accepted as Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox teatae Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Platybelone platyura (Bennett, 1832)
- Species Esox tristoechus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Esox truttaceus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 accepted as Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789
- Species Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox vulgaris (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded combination)
- Species Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Esox zonatus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Esox Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154208 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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]
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality