Esox

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type and only genus of the family Esocidae

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Grass pickerel habitat is thought to be similar to other esocids, as all members of this family are similar morphologically (Foster, 1980) and functionally as lie-in-wait predators (Moyle and Cech, 2004).
Although the identification of these habitat types is similar to other esocids (Raney, 1942; Crossman, 1962; Ming, 1968), some variation among species does exist.
Habitat use of grass pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus in Indiana Streams
While larger lures catch larger fish on average, downsizing can bring catches of big fish, a pattern that seems most noticeable for esocids in spring and early summer.
Tooth and the Wedge
Crossman studied freshwater fishes for 48 years and was widely regarded as a world authority on esocids, a group of fishes that includes northern pike, the grass and red-fin pickerels, and muskellunge.
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Matity, who's spent 30 years studying pike behavior as a guide and student at the University of Saskatchewan, says he's hooked several of his largest pike by tapping into these behaviors, and specifically into the cannibal-klepto tendencies of outsized esocids.
Tahoo Pike: Little-Known Feeding Behaviors Revealed
1996 Warmwater Workshop: culture and management of esocids. Sept 22-24, 1996.
Spatial variation and historical change in fish communities of the Schuylkill River drainage, southeast Pennsylvania
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