Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

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Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 – Native

( Fig. 405)

Esox lucius Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 314; Type locality: Europe. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.114 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin).

Luccius vorax Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810: 68; Unneeded new name for “ Esox lucius ” Linnaeus 1758 .

Esox estor Lesueur [C. A.] 1818: 413; Type locality: Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. No types known.

Esox australis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846: 323; Type locality: Locality unknown; not Australia (see Whitley 1943: 130 [ref. 4702]). Holotype (unique): MNHN B–0960.

Esox depraudu Lesueur [C. A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846: 336; Type locality: Wabash River , New Harmony, Indiana, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN A–0793.

Esox lugubrosus Lesueur [C. A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846: 338; Type locality: Cumberland District, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Esox boreus Agassiz [L.] 1850: 317; Type locality: Northern shores of Lake Superior. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Esox lucioides Agassiz [L.] & Girard [C. F.] in Herbert 1850: 154; Type locality: Lake Superior, North America. No type known.

Esox reichertii var. baicalensis Dybowski [B. N.] 1874: 392; Type locality: Lake Baikal basin, Russia. No types known.

Esox lucius var. atrox Anikin [V. P.] 1902: 109; Type locality: Ob River basin, Siberia, Russia. Holotype: ZMUT uncat. Paratypes: ZMUT uncat.

Esox Lucius bergi Kaganowsky [A. G.] 1933: 138 [4]; Type locality: Anadyr River , Siberia, Russia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Common name: Pr: Ordak mahi, Shook, Shakal, En: Pike.

Diagnosis: Long, flat, duck-bill snout, mouth with many large, sharp teeth, and the rearward position of its dorsal and anal fins and dorsal and anal fins set far back on the body are distinctive.

Meristic characters: D: VI–X 13–16, A: IV–VIII 11–14, P: 14–16, V: 8–13, LL: 105–148, GR: 8–13, TV: 56–65.

Distribution: Caspian Sea and maybe found in Namak and Tigris basins ( Fig. 406). Found in Anzali Wetland and its drainage canals, Gorgan rud and its tributaries, Qarasu, with other rivers including the Sefidrud, Chalus, Tajan, Tonekabon, Babol, Haraz and Atrak River.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (NatureServe 2013a).