Its earlier common name, the luci (now lucy) or luce when fully grown, was used to form its taxonomic name ( Esox lucius) and is used in heraldry.ĭescription Skull of a Northern pike Numerous other names can be found in Field Museum Zool.
Upper Midwest and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), jackfish, jack, slough shark, snake, slimer, slough snake, gator (due to a head similar in shape to that of an alligator), hammer handle, and other such names as "long head" or "pointy nose". Various other unofficial trivial names are common pike, Lakes pike, great northern pike, northern (in the U.S. The northern pike gets its common name from its resemblance to the pole-weapon known as the pike (from the Middle English for 'pointed').
The IGFA currently recognises a 25 kg (55 lb) pike caught by Lothar Louis on Greffern Lake, Germany, on 16 October 1986, as the all-tackle world-record holding northern pike Northern pike grow to larger sizes in Eurasia than in North America, and in coastal Eurasian regions than inland ones. Their average length is about 40–55 cm (16–22 in), with maximum recorded lengths of up to 150 cm (59 in) and maximum weights of 28.4 kg (63 lb). Pike can grow to a relatively large size. They are known simply as a pike ( PL: pike) in Great Britain, Ireland, most of Eastern Europe, Canada and the U.S. They are commonly found in moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere ( i.e. The northern pike ( Esox lucius) is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (pikes).
Range of northern pike as traditionally defined (including populations now often regarded as separate species: Amur, Aquitanian and southern pikes)
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