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Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 317, February 313, March 424, April 740, May 1,271, June 621, July 468, August 426, September 496, October 458, November 313, December 290.
United States26,882
New York6,137
Pennsylvania5,284
New Jersey3,098
Canada2,198
Georgia1,623
Ontario1,166
Alabama1,136
South Carolina1,028
North Carolina983

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilyPikes · Esocidae
GenusPikes · Esox

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