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Chain pickerel
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Chain pickerel[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esox_niger_1.jpg"][/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:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esocidae"]Esocidae[/url]Genus:[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esox"]Esox[/url]Species:E. niger[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature"]Binomial name[/url]Esox niger
[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur"]Lesueur[/url], 1818[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#cite_note-1"][1][/url][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)"]Synonyms[/url]
Esox reticulatus
The chain pickerel, Esox niger, is a [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species"]species[/url] of [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_fish"]freshwater 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].[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#cite_note-2"][2][/url] The chain pickerel and the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pickerel"]American pickerel[/url] belong to the Esox [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus"]genus[/url] of pike.[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#cite_note-range-3"][3][/url]
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[ul][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Range"]1 Range[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Other_names"]2 Other names[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Physical_description"]3 Physical description[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Diet"]4 Diet[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Angling"]5 Angling[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#Edibility"]6 Edibility[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#References"]7 References[/url][/li][li][url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#External_links"]8 External links[/url][/li][/ul]

Range[[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chain_pickerel&action=edit&section=1"]edit[/url]]
Its range is along the eastern coast of North America from southern [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"]Canada[/url] to Florida, and west to Texas. On the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States"]Atlantic Coast[/url], in [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine"]Maine[/url], [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick"]New Brunswick[/url], and [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia"]Nova Scotia[/url], the chain pickerel extend as far as 46°N. The fish inhabits fresh water from the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Valley"]Mississippi Valley[/url] into southern [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin"]Wisconsin[/url]. It also is commonly found in [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan"]Lake Michigan[/url] and the lower portion of the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes"]Great Lakes[/url].[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel#cite_note-range-3"][3][/url] They also range to the [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Panhandle"]Florida Panhandle[/url].
Other names[[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chain_pickerel&action=edit&section=2"]edit[/url]]
It is also known as the "federation pike" or "federation pickerel". Pickerel is often a name given to [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walleye"]walleye[/url], although the true name belongs to the chain pickerel. Common nicknames in the southeastern United States are the "southern pike", "grass pike", "jack",
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