Esocidae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. While the family traditionally only contained the...

native to North America. It is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. The name "muskellunge" originates from the Ojibwe words maashkinoozhe...

(Esox niger) is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (E...

commonly known as pike or pickerel. It is the type genus of the family Esocidae. The type species of the genus is Esox lucius, the northern pike. Esox...

small order of freshwater ray-finned fish, with two families, Umbridae and Esocidae. The pikes of genus Esox give the order its name. This order is closely...

is not related to the true pickerels, which are members of the family Esocidae. Walleyes show a fair amount of variation across watersheds. In general...

americanus) is a subspecies of freshwater fish belonging to the pike family (Esocidae) of the order Esociformes. Not to be confused with its close relatives...

freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family (genus Esox in family Esocidae of order Esociformes): Redfin pickerel, sometimes called the brook pickerel...

2011). "Molecular and Phenotypic Evidence of a New Species of Genus Esox (Esocidae, Esociformes, Actinopterygii): The Southern Pike, Esox flaviae". PLOS ONE...

as "pike-perch" because of their resemblance to fish in the unrelated Esocidae (pike) family. They are the only genus in the monotypic tribe Luciopercini...