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| Redfin and grass pickerels | |
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| Redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus | |
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| Grass pickerel, Esox americanus vermiculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Esociformes |
| Family: | Esocidae |
| Genus: | Esox |
| Species: | E. americanus
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| Esox americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789
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Esox americanus americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | |
The American pickerel (Esox americanus) is a medium-sized species of North American freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family.[2] The genus Esox is placed in family Esocidae in order Esociformes).
Two subspecies are sometimes recognised:
- Redfin pickerel, sometimes called the brook pickerel, E. americanus americanus Gmelin, 1789;
- Grass pickerel, E. americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846.
Lesueur originally classified the grass pickerel as E. vermiculatus, but it is now considered a subspecies of E. americanus.
There is no widely accepted English common collective name for the two E. americanus subspecies; "American pickerel" is a translation of the French systematic name brochet d'Amérique.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Esox americanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184100A15363111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184100A15363111.en. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Esox americanus". FishBase. Retrieved 3 September 2024.