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Esox lucius

Protected

Northern Pike

Northern Pike

Common Names

DEHecht

ENNorthern Pike

PT-BRLúcio

ROstiuca

ZH狗鱼

Habitat

Standing and slowly flowing waters with aquatic plants.

Occurrence regions

Baden-Württemberg Bayern Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thüringen drenthe flevoland friesland gelderland groningen limburg noord-brabant noord-holland overijssel utrecht zeeland zuid-holland aargau basel-landschaft basel-stadt bern fribourg genf graubuenden luzern neuenburg nidwalden obwalden solothurn schwyz st-gallen thurgau ticino uri waadt wallis zug zuerich auvergne-rhone-alpes bourgogne-franche-comte bretagne centre-val-de-loire corse grand-est hauts-de-france ile-de-france normandie nouvelle-aquitaine occitanie pays-de-la-loire provence-alpes-cote-d-azur

Maximum Size

150 cm

Minimum Catch Size

45 cm

Closed Season

01.02 – 31.03

Category

Protected

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Population stable, no immediate threat.

Distinguishing Features

Elongated body, dorsal fin far back, duckbill-shaped flattened snout, greenish colouring with pale spots.

Waters

Aare Alpenrhein Donau Elbe Garonne Genfersee Hochrhein IJssel IJsselmeer Lac d'Annecy Lac de Serre-Ponçon Lac du Bourget Loire Maas Markermeer Meuse Moselle Nederrijn–Lek Neuenburgersee Oder Reuss Rhein Rhone Rhône Seine Somme Thur Vierwaldstättersee Waal Weser Zürichsee Étang de Berre Étang de Thau Ammersee Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal Bodensee Chiemsee Ems Finowkanal Havel Inn Isar Limmat Main Main-Donau-Kanal Mittellandkanal Mosel Müritz Neckar Oder-Havel-Kanal Saale Scharmützelsee Schwielochsee Senftenberger See Spree Starnberger See Steinhuder Meer Walensee Westerschelde Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet

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