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

Esocidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*pikes*		subjective synonym

Children

Esox Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: pikes sources: Fishbase

German: Hechte sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

Norwegian Bokmål: gjeddefamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeddefamilien

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

Swedish: gäddfiskar

Literature

basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Esocidae. 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:154207

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Esocidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=12034