North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

154210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154210)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Esox Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154210 on 2026-09-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=154210 on 2026-09-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-10 06:54:22Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-20 07:00:16Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2020-05-01 17:28:18Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Newton, M.V.B. (1932). The biology of Triaenophorus tricuspidatus (Bloch 1779) in western Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 32 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4678 [details] Available for editors

additional source Wita, I. (1974). Three new species of Paradistigma gen. n. (Euglenoidina parasitica) parasitizing Ergasilus sieboldi Nordm. (Copepoda) from Esox lucius L. of Mazurian Lakes in Poland. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 22(35):365-391, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2. (15-ix-1974) [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]