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pickerel
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pickerel: see pike pike, common name for the family Esocidae, freshwater game and food fishes of Europe, Asia, and North America. The pike, the muskellunge, and the pickerel form a small but well-known group of long, thin fishes with spineless dorsal fins, large anal fins, and long,
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pickerel

Any of several North American pikes (family Esocidae), distinguished from the northern pike and muskellunge by their smaller size, completely scaled cheeks and gill covers, and banded or chainlike markings. The chain pickerel (Esox niger) grows to about 2 ft (0.6 m) and a weight of about 3 lbs (1.4 kg). The barred (E. americanus) and grass (E. vermiculatus) pickerels reach a maximum weight of about 1 lb (0.5 kg).



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The New York entry on the grass pickerel, for example, notes that while this species has a bar under its eye, the northern pike does not.
A plot of the frequency of occurrence of fishes for the 35 lakes, present against past, suggests (more than 50% change) the golden shiner, lake chubsucker, yellow bullhead, and grass pickerel are less common now, and the spotfin shiner and warmouth are more common.
 
 
 
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