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The northern pike gets its common name from its resemblance to the pole-weapon known as the pike (from the Middle English for 'pointed'). Various other unofficial trivial names are common pike, Lakes pike, great northern pike, great northern, northern (in the U.S. Upper Midwest and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), jackfish, jack, slough shark, snake, slimer ...
Like the northern pike, the chain pickerel feeds primarily on smaller fish, until it grows large enough to ambush large fish from cover with a rapid lunge and to secure it with its sharp teeth. Chain pickerel are also known to eat frogs, snakes, [14] worms, mice, other small mammals, [14] crayfish, insects, [14] and a wide variety of other ...
The redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) is a subspecies of freshwater fish belonging to the pike family of the order Esociformes.Not to be confused with its close relatives, the grass pickerel and the chain pickerel, this fish is unique in the fact that it has brightly colored red fins. [2]
Triaenophorus nodulosus, the pike tapeworm, is a species of parasitic cestode (tapeworm) in the family Triaenophoridae. [1] It is known to infect the northern pike , as well as other piscivorous fish, being found in the intestine of its host. [ 2 ]
The fauna of Illinois include a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects (not listed). The state bird is the Northern cardinal. The state insect is the monarch butterfly. The state animal is the white-tailed deer. The state fish is the bluegill. The state fossil is the tully monster.
The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the walleyed pike, [3] yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, [4] is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch.
Fingerlings are varieties that naturally grow small and narrow. They are fully mature when harvested and are not to be confused with new potatoes. Popular fingerling potatoes include the yellow-skinned Russian Banana, [1] [2] the pink-skinned, yellow fleshed French Fingerling, [3] [4] the Purple Peruvian, [5] [6] and the Swedish Peanut Fingerling.
Location of Pike County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...