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Preferred term

Esocidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pike

Scope note

  • A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species: northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.

History note

  • 94; ESOX was see SALMONIDAE 1987-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017859

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