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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 and other aggressive pikes, the body plan is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head, and dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins set far back on the body. Muskellunge are typically 70–120 cm (28–48 inches) long and weigh 7–16.5 kg (15–36 lb), [ 6 ] though some have reached up to 1.8 m (6 ft) and ...
A young E. lucius specimen — a "chain pickerel" in the original sense — in an aquarium.. The generic name Esox (pike fish) derives from the Greek ἴσοξ (ee-soks, a large fish) and appears to be cognate with Celtic, Welsh eog and Irish Gaelic iasc (fish), as well as alpine Gaulic *esosk which is consistent with the original indoeuropean root for the common word for fish, *pei(k)sk.
Esox cisalpinus was distinguished from Esox lucius (northern pike) and described scientifically as a new species in 2011 independently by two research groups. The description by Bianco & Delmastro was printed earlier, [4] and the name Esox cisalpinus is therefore accepted, whereas the alternative name published somewhat later by Lucentini et al., Esox flaviae, is considered a junior synonym.
70 lb pike (the largest ever) found dead at River Endrick/Loch Lomond in 1934. [229] Not caught by rod and line. 5 lb 2 oz rudd caught by Adrian Cannon from a fenland drain 2012. [230] No independent witnesses. 69 lb 12 oz salmon caught by William Home, 8th Earl of Home from the River Tweed in 1730.
Northern Pike 38 lbs. 0 oz. not available 08/06/1952 Lake Puckaway: Green Lake: Perch, White 1 lbs. 6 oz. 13.0 03/14/2020 Chequamegon Bay: Bayfield: Perch, Yellow 3 lbs. 4 oz. not available 1954 Lake Winnebago: Winnebago: Pumpkinseed 1 lb. 3.4 oz. 11.125 05/31/2020 Silver Lake: Washington: Redhorse, Golden 3 lbs. 1.4 oz. 21.0 07/04/2017 Prairie ...
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Pike - Hecht / Gädda / Brochet / Luccio (Esox lucius) 25.3 kg: 55 lb 12 oz: Petar Filipov: January 2019: 5 hectare Lake Bulgaria Bulgaria [52] 25 kg: 55 lb 1 oz: Lothar Louis: 16 October 1986: Lake of Grefeern, Buhl Germany [3] [53] Wels Catfish - Europäischer Wels / Mal / Silure glane / Siluro (Silurus glanis) 113.5 kg: 250 lb 3 oz: Roberto ...