Esox

Esox lucius (anglese: pike; espaniol: lucio; francese: brochet; italiano: luccio; portugese: lúcio)

Esox es un genere de pisce.

• Species

Le septe species actualmente recognoscite in iste genere (e lor appellationes in anglese) son:

• Esox aquitanicus Denys, Dettai, Persat, Hautecœur & Keith, 2014 (Aquitanian pike)^[1]
• Esox americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (American pickerel)
  • Esox americanus americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (Redfin pickerel)
  • Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 (Grass pickerel)
• Esox cisalpinus Bianco & Delmastro, 2011 (Southern pike)^[2]
• Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 (Northern pike)
• Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824 (Muskellunge)
  • Esox masquinongy masquinongy (Great Lakes muskellunge o Spotted muskellunge )
  • Esox masquinongy ohioensis (Chautauqua muskellunge o Barred muskellunge)
  • Esox masquinongy immaculatus (Clear muskellunge)
• Esox niger Lesueur, 1818 (Chain pickerel)
• Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869 (Amur pike)

Hybridas inter Esox masquinongy e Esox lucius son ben-cognoscite e appellate le tiger muskellunge.

Referentias

1. ↑ "Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Three Species of Pikes Esox spp. (Actinopterygii, Esocidae) in France, including the Description of A New Species" (2014). Comptes Rendus Biologies 337 (9): 521–34. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.07.002.
2. ↑ Lucentini, Puletti, Ricciolini, Gigliarelli, Fontaneto, Lanfaloni, Bilò, Natali, Panara (2011). Molecular and Phenotypic Evidence of a New Species of Genus Esox (Esocidae, Esociformes, Actinopterygii): The Southern Pike, Esox flaviae. PLoS ONE 6(12): e25218. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025218