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cmorjoe · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 256 Location: Seymour CT.

I really hate to sound stupid! I know what walleye are but what the heck are ESOX?

chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

Toothy critters!!!!!

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Keith T · Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Mooresville,NC.

Why not just say Pike? they both have 4 letters.....LOL
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admin · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:52 am Post subject:

Esox (Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of freshwater fish, a member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes as is the Muskellunge. The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike. The species of this genus are known as the pikes.

The pike species are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic ecozones, ranging across northern North America and from Western Europe to Siberia in Eurasia.

Pikes can grow to a maximum recorded length of 1.83 metres (6 ft), reaching a maximum recorded weight of 35 kilograms (77 lb). Individuals have been reported to reach 30 years in age. They have the elongated, torpedo-like form of predatory fishes, with sharply-pointed heads and sharp teeth. Their coloration is typically grey-green with a mottled or spotted appearance. The pike's marking is like a finger print, each with different patterns.

The generic name Esox derives from the Greek ίσοξ (a kind of fish), itself a word of Celtic origin related to the Welsh eog and Irish Gaelic iach (salmon). Pliny uses the Latin form esox in reference to a large fish in the Rhine normally identified with lax (salmon). It is likely that Carolus Linnaeus's application of Esox to the pikes is thus a misnomer.

The English common name "pike" is an apparent shortening of "pike-fish", in reference to its pointed head, Old English píc originally referring to a pickaxe.
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