πPike
The northern pike, also known as jack, northern or simply pike, is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (pikes). It is commonly found in fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 16 kg
- Body length
- 0.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
Everything we know about the Pike
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass16 kgrecord 28 kg Β· FishBaseAnAgeOther figures βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female35 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length0.4 mrecord 1.37 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female1.5 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan30 yearsrecord 30 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge Β· AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) Β· CC BY 3.0
Trophic level4.07FishBaseDetails βHide β
Source: FishBase Β· v25.04, estimate table Β· CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 4.07 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanspotential pestFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l16 LaverageDetails βHide β
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 Pike yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderEsociformes
- βΊfamilyEsocidae
- βΊgenusEsox
- βΊspeciesEsox lucius
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- orderEsociformes
- familyEsocidae
- genusEsox
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderEsociformes
- familyEsocidae
- genusEsox
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