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- American_pickerel abstract "The American pickerels are two subspecies of Esox americanus, a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes: the redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus Gmelin, 1789, and the grass pickerel, E. americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846.Both subspecies are native to North America. They are not to be confused with their aggressive counterpart the Northern pike. The redfin pickerel's range extends from the Saint Lawrence drainage in Quebec down to the Gulf Coast, from Mississippi to Florida, while the grass pickerel's range is further west, extending from the Great Lakes Basin, from Ontario to Michigan, down to the western Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas to Mississippi.The two subspecies are very similar, but the grass pickerel lacks the redfin's distinctive orange to red fin coloration, its fins having dark leading edges and amber to dusky coloration. In addition, the light areas between the dark bands are generally wider on the grass pickerel and narrower on the redfin pickerel. These pickerels grow to a maximum overall length of 40 cm (16 in) and a maximum weight of 2.25 poundsThe redfin and grass pickerels occur primarily in sluggish, vegetated waters of pools, lakes, and swamps, and are carnivorous, feeding on smaller fish. Larger fishes, such as the striped bass (Morone saxatilis), bowfin (Amia calva), and gray weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), in turn, prey on the pickerels when they venture into larger rivers or estuaries.These fishes reproduce by scattering spherical, sticky eggs in shallow, heavily vegetated waters. The eggs hatch in 11–15 days; the adults guard neither the eggs nor the young.The E. americanus subspecies are not as highly prized as a game fish as their larger cousins, the northern pike and muskellunge, but they are caught by anglers. McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia describes ultralight tackle as a sporty if overlooked method to catch these small but voracious pikes.Lesueur originally classified the grass pickerel as E. vermiculatus, but it is now considered a subspecies of E. americanus.E. americanus americanus is sometimes called the brook pickerel. There is no widely accepted English common collective name for the two E. americanus subspecies; "American pickerel" is a translation of the systematic name and the French brochet d'Amérique.".
- American_pickerel binomialAuthority Johann_Friedrich_Gmelin.
- American_pickerel class Actinopterygii.
- American_pickerel conservationStatus "LC".
- American_pickerel conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- American_pickerel family Esox.
- American_pickerel genus Esox.
- American_pickerel kingdom Animal.
- American_pickerel order Esociformes.
- American_pickerel phylum Chordate.
- American_pickerel thumbnail Esox_americanus_americanus.jpg?width=300.
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1789.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Esox.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_North_America.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Freshwater_fish_of_Florida.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Esocidae.
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Gmelin_(taxonomy).
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Lesueur_(taxonomy).
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink McClanes_Standard_Fishing_Encyclopedia.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Michigan.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Mississippi.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Muskellunge.
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Northern_pike.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Quebec.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Range_(biology).
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- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLink Weakfish.
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "American pickerel".
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Grass pickerel".
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pickerel".
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pickerel, Redfin".
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "pickerel".
- American_pickerel wikiPageWikiLinkText "yellow pickerel".
- American_pickerel accessdate "2004-12-05".
- American_pickerel binomial "Esox americanus".
- American_pickerel binomialAuthority "J. F. Gmelin, 1789".
- American_pickerel classis Actinopterygii.
- American_pickerel familia "Esocidae".
- American_pickerel genus "Esox".
- American_pickerel hasPhotoCollection American_pickerel.
- American_pickerel id "162140".
- American_pickerel id "2709".
- American_pickerel id "2710".
- American_pickerel image "Esox americanus vermiculatus.jpg".
- American_pickerel image2Caption "Grass pickerel, Esox americanus vermiculatus".
- American_pickerel imageCaption "Redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus".
- American_pickerel imageWidth "250".
- American_pickerel month "October".
- American_pickerel name "Redfin and grass pickerels".
- American_pickerel ordo Esociformes.
- American_pickerel phylum Chordate.
- American_pickerel regnum "Animalia".
- American_pickerel species "E. americanus".
- American_pickerel status "LC".
- American_pickerel statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- American_pickerel subdivision "Esox americanus americanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)".
- American_pickerel subdivision "Esox americanus vermiculatus (Lesueur, 1846)".
- American_pickerel subdivisionRanks Subspecies.
- American_pickerel taxon "Esox americanus americanus".
- American_pickerel taxon "Esox americanus vermiculatus".
- American_pickerel taxon "Esox americanus".
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