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American pickerel
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Redfin and grass pickerels[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esox_americanus_americanus.jpg"][/url]Redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esox_americanus_vermiculatus.jpg"][/url]Grass pickerel, Esox americanus vermiculatus[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_status"]Conservation status[/url]

[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_Concern"]Least Concern[/url] ([url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List"]IUCN 3.1[/url])
[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_classification"]Scientific classification[/url]Kingdom:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal"]Animalia[/url]Phylum:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate"]Chordata[/url]Class:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinopterygii"]Actinopterygii[/url]Order:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esociformes"]Esociformes[/url]Family:EsocidaeGenus:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esox"]Esox[/url]Species:E. americanus[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature"]Binomial name[/url]Esox americanus
[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Gmelin"]J. F. Gmelin[/url], 1789[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies"]Subspecies[/url]
Esox americanus americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Esox americanus vermiculatus [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur"]Lesueur[/url], 1846
The American pickerels are two [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies"]subspecies[/url] of Esox americanus, a [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species"]species[/url] of [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater"]freshwater[/url] [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish"]fish[/url] in the pike [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)"]family[/url] (family [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esocidae"]Esocidae[/url]) of [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)"]order[/url] [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esociformes"]Esociformes[/url]: the redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmelin_(taxonomy)"]Gmelin[/url], 1789, and the grass pickerel, E. americanus vermiculatus [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesueur_(taxonomy)"]Lesueur[/url], 1846.
Both subspecies are native to [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America"]North America[/url]. They are not to be with their aggressive counterpart the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pike"]Northern pike[/url]. The redfin pickerel's range extends from the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River"]Saint Lawrence[/url] drainage in [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec"]Quebec[/url] down to the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico"]Gulf Coast[/url], from [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi"]Mississippi[/url] to [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida"]Florida[/url], while the grass pickerel's [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_(biology)"]range[/url] is further west, extending from the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Basin"]Great Lakes Basin[/url], from [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario"]Ontario[/url] to [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan"]Michigan[/url], down to the western Gulf Coast, from eastern [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas"]Texas[/url] to [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi"]Mississippi[/url].
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 pounds
The redfin and grass pickerels occur primarily in sluggish, vegetated waters of pools, [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake"]lakes[/url], and swamps, and are [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous"]carnivorous[/url], feeding on smaller fish. Larger fishes, such as the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_bass"]striped bass[/url] (Morone saxatilis), [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin"]bowfin[/url] (Amia calva), and gray [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakfish"]weakfish[/url] (Cynoscion regalis), in turn, prey on the pickerels when they venture into larger rivers or [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuaries"]estuaries[/url].
These fishes reproduce by scattering spherical, sticky [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_egg"]eggs[/url] 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 [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_fish"]game fish[/url] as their larger cousins, the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pike"]northern pike[/url] and [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskellunge"]muskellunge[/url], but they are caught by [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing"]anglers[/url]. [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McClane%27s_Standard_Fishing_Encyclopedia&action=edit&redlink=1"]McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia[/url] describes [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod#Ultra-light_rods"]ultralight tackle[/url] as a sporty if overlooked method to catch these small but voracious pikes.
[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesueur_(taxonomy)"]Lesueur[/url] 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 [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language"]English[/url] common collective name for the two E. americanus subspecies; "American pickerel" is a translation of the systematic name and the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language"]French[/url] brochet d'Amérique.
References[[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_pickerel&action=edit&section=1"]edit[/url]]Wikimedia Commons has media related to [url "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/American_pickerel"]American pickerel[/url].[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies"]Wikispecies[/url] has information related to: [url "http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/American_pickerel"]American pickerel[/url]
[ul][li]Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). [url "http://fishbase.se/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2709"]Esox americanus americanus[/url] in [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FishBase"]FishBase[/url]. October 2004 version.[/li][li]Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). [url "http://fishbase.se/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2710"]Esox americanus vermiculatus[/url] in [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FishBase"]FishBase[/url]. October 2004 version.[/li][li][url "http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162140"]"Esox americanus"[/url]. [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System"]Integrated Taxonomic Information System[/url]. Retrieved 5 December 2004. [/li][li]Weinmand, M.L.; Lauer, T.E., "Diet of grass pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus in Indiana streams." Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22-3 (2007): 451-460[/li][li]Midkiff, E.S.; Tarter, D.C., "Diet and growth of larval and juvenile grass pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus, and centralmudminnow, Umbra limi, in the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County West Virginia." [/li][/ul]
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