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Esox lucius

Basic information
Scientific name Esox lucius (No picture)
Common names Northern pike
Higher taxon Esocidae, Esociformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range C USA, almost entire Canada, Alaska, Europe, North Asia.
Habitat Lakes, pond, and slow streams with abundant aquatic plants.
Invasion information
Range in Japan Not established in Japan Range in Japan
Origin Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route Distributed as pet animal in past.
Impact Potentially: Competition with and predation on native fishes.
Native organism(s) affected: Native fishes
Regulation in Japan Import, transport and keeping are prohibited by the Invasive Alien Species Act. Import to UK and New Zealand are regulated.
Introduced range in other countries Iran, Syria, Turkey, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Azores Is., etc.
Reference Notes
  • DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
  • Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-10) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
  • JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
  • etc.