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Esox Linnaeus, 1758

1024764  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1024764)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Esociformes (Order)
  7. Esocidae (Family)
  8. Esox (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Luccius Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lucius Klein, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lucius Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lucius Garsault, 1764 · unaccepted
Lucius Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Lucius Geoffroy, 1767 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789
  2. Species Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Species Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824
  4. Species Esox niger Lesueur, 1818
  5. Species Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
  6. Species Esox reticulatus
  7. Species Esox aaveri Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
  8. Species Esox alepidotus Forster, 1801 accepted as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin, 1789)
  9. Species Esox argenteus Forster, 1801 accepted as Albula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847
  10. Species Esox argenteus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin, 1789)
  11. Species Esox barracuda Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
  12. Species Esox barracuda Edwards, 1771 accepted as Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771)
  13. Species Esox belone Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761)
  14. Species Esox boa Risso, 1810 accepted as Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
  15. Species Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
  16. Species Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  17. Species Esox brasiliensis Pennant, 1787 accepted as Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
  18. Species Esox cancila Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
  19. Species Esox cepedianus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
  20. Species Esox chirocentrus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)
  21. Species Esox ectuntio Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Zenarchopterus ectuntio (Hamilton, 1822)
  22. Species Esox estor Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
  23. Species Esox estor Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824
  24. Species Esox far Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
  25. Species Esox flavula Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)
  26. Species Esox gambarur Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Hyporhamphus gamberur (Lacèpede, 1803)
  27. Species Esox gladius Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775)
  28. Species Esox hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Esox hindostanicus Falconer, 1868 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
  30. Species Esox houttuyni Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
  31. Species Esox imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)
  32. Species Esox indica McClelland, 1842 accepted as Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822)
  33. Species Esox lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834 accepted as Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
  34. Species Esox longirostris Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
  35. Species Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
  36. Species Esox malabaricus Bloch, 1794 accepted as Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
  37. Species Esox marginatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål, 1775)
  38. Species Esox marinus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792)
  39. Species Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850 accepted as Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
  40. Species Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850 accepted as Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824
  41. Species Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  42. Species Esox ovinus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803
  43. Species Esox panchax Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822)
  44. Species Esox pisciculus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  45. Species Esox pisculentis Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  46. Species Esox pisculentus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  47. Species Esox reicherti Dybowski, 1869 accepted as Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
  48. Species Esox saurus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
  49. Species Esox spet Haüy, 1787 accepted as Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. Species Esox sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Esox stomias Shaw, 1798 accepted as Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  52. Species Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  53. Species Esox tararira Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
  54. Species Esox teatae Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Platybelone argalus (Lesueur, 1821)
  55. Species Esox tristoechus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  56. Species Esox truttaceus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes, 1846
  57. Species Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 accepted as Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789
  58. Species Esox viridis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  59. Species Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  60. Species Esox zonatus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 313 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Exos Nardo 1847col. 127 is regarded as a misspelling. Spelled Esok by Ascanius 1767. On Official List (Opinion 92,...  
Taxonomic remark Exos Nardo 1847col. 127 is regarded as a misspelling. Spelled Esok by Ascanius 1767. On Official List (Opinion 92, Direction 56). (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Esox Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1024764 on 2025-01-21
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 09:43:47Z
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2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 313 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998, PaleoDB [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Lucius Geoffroy, 1767) Desc. 719 Plant. & c.
page(s): 407 [details] 

original description (of Trematina Trautschold, 1884 †) Nouv. Mém. Acad. Moscou, 15
page(s): 37 [details] 

original description (of Picorellus Rafinesque, 1820) Ichth. Ohiensis
page(s): 70 [details] 

original description (of Mascalongus Jordan, 1878) Ann. Rep. Ohio State Fish Comm., No. 2, 1877
page(s): 92 [details] 

original description (of Kenoza Jordan & Evermann, 1896) Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. (1896). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 47: 1-1240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7535531
page(s): 626 [details] 

original description (of Luccius Rafinesque, 1810) Ind. Itt. Sic.
page(s): 68 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Exos Nardo 1847col. 127 is regarded as a misspelling. Spelled Esok by Ascanius 1767. On Official List (Opinion 92, Direction 56). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Kenoza Jordan & Evermann, 1896)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Kenoza Jordan & Evermann, 1896)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Trematina Trautschold, 1884 †)
To WoRMS (from synonym Luccius Rafinesque, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lucius Klein, 1776)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lucius Garsault, 1764)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lucius Rafinesque, 1810)
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