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Northern Pike

Esox lucius

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 27,834, February 20,558, March 32,209, April 50,673, May 73,062, June 79,669, July 85,252, August 73,316, September 53,827, October 40,178, November 21,955, December 17,160.
United States629,650
Alaska575,692
Canada29,388
Pennsylvania7,232
New York4,765
Ontario2,179
West Virginia2,029
New Jersey1,704
Russia1,114
Minnesota854

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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