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Esocidae
muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
Spawn during spring ice melt
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
Largemuskellunge is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 183 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Pikes and Mudminnows
- Family
- Esocidae
- Genus
- Esox
- Maximum length
- 183 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Native to St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins. Introduced elsewhere in the USA. Native populations are protected in portions of Tennessee and Ohio.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
