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Muskellunge

Esox masquinongy

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 195, February 200, March 317, April 620, May 1,191, June 558, July 420, August 380, September 400, October 327, November 205, December 182.
United States13,027
Canada5,145
Ontario4,994
Minnesota3,141
Wisconsin2,815
Pennsylvania2,783
Michigan1,687
New York1,432
West Virginia303
New Jersey267

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

Sources

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