🐟Chain pickerel
Der Kettenhecht (Esox niger) ist eine Hechtart, die im östlichen Nordamerika vom kanadischen Nova Scotia bis zum südlichen Florida vorkommt. Im Westen reicht das Verbreitungsgebiet bis zum Sabine Lake in Louisiana und dem Stromgebiet des Mississippi nördlich bis Kentucky und Missouri. In den Ontariosee, den Eriesee und anderen nordamerikanischen Gewässern wurde die Art vom Menschen eingeführt.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.
- Body mass
- 2.34 kg
- Body length
- 0.42 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 9 years
Everything we know about the Chain pickerel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.34 kgrecord 4.25 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length0.42 mrecord 0.99 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan9 yearsrecord 9 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level3.29FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.29 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Volume l2.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Chain pickerel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderEsociformes
- familyEsocidae
- genusEsox
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderEsociformes
- familyEsocidae
- genusEsox
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