Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Esociformes: family
Esocidae: genus
Esox: species
Esox lucius

Name

Synonyms: Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850; Esox estor Lesueur, 1818; Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850; Esox lucius atrox Anikin, 1902; Esox lucius bergi Kaganowsky, 1933; Esox lucius lucius; Esox lucius var. atrox Anikin, 1902; Esox lucius var. variegatus Fitzinger, 1832; Esox lucius variegatus Fitzinger, 1832; Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850; Esox reichertii baicalensis Dybowski, 1874; Esox reichertii var. baicalensis Dybowski, 1874; Luccius vorax Rafinesque, 1810; Lucius lucius (Linnaeus, 1758); Trematina foveolata Trautschold, 1884
Homonyms: Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Almindelig gedde in Danish; Almindelig gedde in Danish; American Pike in English; American pike in language.; Bec de canard in French; Brochet in French; Brochet in French; Brochet du nord in French; Brouchet in French; Brouchetta in French; Brouché in French; Common Pike in English; Csuka in Hungarian; Europinė lydeka in Lithuanian; Europäischer Hecht in German; Europäischer hecht in language.; Flußhecht in German; Gedda in Icelandic; Gedde in Danish; Gedde in Danish; Gjedde in Norwegian; Great Lakes Pike in English; Great Lakes pike in language.; Great Northern Pickerel in English; Great Northern Pike in English; Gädda in Swedish; Haugi in Latvian; Hauki in Finnish; Hecht in German; Hecht in German; Hecht in German; Hecht in German; Hecht in German; Hecht in German; Hecht in French; Hechten in German; Heichit in German; Jack in English; Jackfish in English; Lancerons in French; Lius in Irish; Luccio in Italian; Lucio in Spanish; Lucio europeo in Spanish; Lúcio in Portuguese; Lúcio in Portuguese; Marlita in Romanian; Northern Pike in English; Northern Pike, Pike in English; Northern pike in English

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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)