Chain pickerel

Chain pickerel
Illustration of Esox niger.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Esocidae
Genus: Esox
Species:
E. niger
Binomial name
Esox niger
Lesueur, 1818
Synonyms

Esox reticulatus (Lesueur, 1818)

The chain pickerel (Esox niger), also known as Jackfish, Mud Pike, or Southern Pike is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (E. americanus) belong to the Esox genus of pike.

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