Esox cisalpinus

Southern pike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Esociformes
Family: Esocidae
Genus: Esox
Species:
E. cisalpinus
Binomial name
Esox cisalpinus
Synonyms
Esox flaviae Lucentini et al. 2011

Esox cisalpinus, the southern pike or cisalpine pike, is a species of freshwater fish known from central and northern Italy, southeastern France and Switzerland, and it might also occur in the western Balkans.[1][2][3] It has traditionally been considered a southern European variant of the widespread northern pike (Esox lucius), but was described as a separate species in 2011.[4] Like the northern pike, southern pike are an important species for recreational fisheries and for its role as a top predator in freshwater ecosystems.

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  2. ^ Denys, Gaël Pierre Julien; Dettai, Agnès; Persat, Henri; Hautecœur, Mélyne; Keith, Philippe (2014). "Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Three Species of Pikes Esox spp. (Actinopterygii, Esocidae) in France, including the Description of A New Species". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 337 (9): 521–34. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.07.002. PMID 25242691.
  3. ^ Bianco, P.G. (2014). "An update on the status of native and exotic freshwater fishes of Italy". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 30 (1): 62–77. doi:10.1111/jai.12291.
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