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Esociformes

Fish Orders

Esociformes is the traditional order name for the pikes and mudminnows. Current classification more often treats the group as the suborder Esocoidei, one of two suborders within the order Salmoniformes, containing the two families Umbridae and Esocidae; the pikes of genus Esox give the group its name.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Source Alaska blackfish (Wikidata)
Source American pickerel (Wikidata)
Source Chain pickerel (Wikidata)
Northern Pike, Species
Source Wikidata: Northern Pike
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Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ379768, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Esocoidei
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Esociformes
Wikidata Q379768, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Northern Pike
Parent Taxon Of: Northern Pike, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Chain pickerel (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Chain pickerel, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
American pickerel (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: American pickerel, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Alaska blackfish (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Alaska blackfish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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