Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Esociformes > Family Esocidae > Genus Esox

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Esox*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): gjedde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: gedde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: northern pike; pike sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English-United States: Pike sources: Charles Hussey

French: brochet; grand brochet sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.

German: Hecht sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: Τούρνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): זאב המים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: luccio sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Lithuanian: lydeka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gjedde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gjedde

Norwegian Nynorsk: gjedde

Nynorsk (Norwegian): gjedde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: szczupak; szczupak pospolity sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: Ştiucă; știucă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: щука; Щука обыкновенная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: ščuka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: lucio sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Swedish: gädda sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: turna balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Щука звичайна sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: penhwyad

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	Wita, I.. 1974. Three new species of Paradistigma gen. n. (Euglenoidina parasitica) parasitizing Ergasilus sieboldi Nordm. (Copepoda) from Esox lucius L. of Mazurian Lakes in Poland. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 22(35):365-391, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2. (15-ix-1974)
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (34704 nucleotides; 1758 proteins)
Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1261 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154210

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304650