Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Artaev, Oleg & Ruchin, Alexander B., 2017, The ichthyofauna of the Moksha River, a tributary of the Volga river basin, Russia, Check List 13 (4), pp. 185-202 : 191-193

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scientific name

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
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Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL , Northern Pike.

Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758: 314 View in CoL View Cited Treatment — Kottelat and Freyhof 2007: 342.

Material examined. Table 1.

The only member of this family in European Russia; identified based on its long snout and large mouth. It is a widespread species in rivers and lakes but has been never recorded in karst and suffusion lakes. It is more fre-

%

Water

storage reservoirs

%

,

, Sh

Oc

19.1 66.7 15.2 100 16 2228 10 (14) – 6 3

%

Ponds Oc

,

28.6 28.6 15 4429 3) (– 1 5 28

%

,

Sh

31.4 11.9

and

lakes Oc %, 41.7 75 – 5) Karst suffusion Sh, % 20.6 9.9 11 1906 (2.9 1 12

%

Landlocked oxbows Oc

Sh

,, % 6.5 7.5 12.8 51.6 30.9 64.5 21 5932 () – 5.3 2 10 31

oxbows Oc

%, 25 87.5 87.5) 10

Streaming % Sh, 0.8 4.2 0.9

17 1150 (– 6.5 4 8

%

, Oc 23.1 53.8)

500 18

– + + 28 2860 (4 13

301 %,

km Sh 1.3 4.5 10.3

,

source,

%

the 300 Oc 41.7 66.7 8.3 20) – from

101

%,

+ 26 4206

11.7

(5 12

distances Sh 0.8 2.8 0.2

indicated – 100

%, Oc 20.8 47.2 1.9 1.9 27 9843 15) 3 – (53

the 26 % 8.4

at

Sh

, 3.2 9.7 4.5 0.3

sections

%

River Oc, 2.6 25.6 10.3)

10

25

0

– 23

2162 – 1 (39

% 4.6

Sh

,

4.1 6.3 20.3

. Continued

3

.

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) locality max – localities of

Table

Percidae

Perca Sander Sander Perccottus Cottidae Cottus Number Number Average one per Number

quently observed in rivers (15.4–76.9%) than other water bodies; and most frequently at a distance over 100 km from the source. In non-river habitats, the species is more frequently found in landlocked oxbows (45.2%).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Esociformes

Family

Esocidae

Genus

Esox

Loc

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Artaev, Oleg & Ruchin, Alexander B. 2017
2017
Loc

Esox lucius

Kottelat M & Freyhof J 2007: 342
Linnaeus C 1758: 314
1758
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