| Redfin pickerel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Esociformes |
| Family: | Esocidae |
| Genus: | Esox |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. a. americanus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Esox americanus americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789
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The redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) is a subspecies of freshwater fish belonging to the pike family (Esocidae) of the order Esociformes. Not to be confused with its close relatives, the grass pickerel and the chain pickerel, this fish is unique in the fact that it has brightly colored red fins.[2] Like all pikes, the redfin pickerel is an ambush predator, lying amongst thick vegetation in wait for smaller, more agile prey to enter within its range of attack.[3]
- ^ NatureServe (2 February 2024). "Esox americanus americanus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Redfin Pickerel". New Hampshire Fish and Game. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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