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Esox masquinongy

Description

The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), also known as muskelunge, muscallonge, milliganong, or maskinonge (and often abbreviated "muskie" or "musky"), is a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish native to North America. It is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. The common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, meaning "ugly pike", by way of French masque allongé (modified from the Ojibwa word by folk etymology), "elongated face." The French common name is masquinongé or maskinongé.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2346634https://www.gbif.org/species/2346634
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)384474https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=384474
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox masquinongy
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox masquinongy
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygiiGreenwood et al. 1966
orderEsociformes
familyEsocidae
genusEsoxLinnaeus 1758
speciesEsox masquinongyMitchill 1824
Generic NameEsox
Scientific NameEsox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824
Name Published InMitchill, S. L. in Mitchill, S. L. 1824.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Esox masquinongyspeciesbelongs to Esoxstated without evidenceMitchill, 1824
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Esocidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Actinopterygii)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234
Common Name(s) Allegheny River Pike, Barred Muskie, Great Pike, Jättihauki, Lunge, Mascalonge, Maskalung, Maskinong, Maskinongé, Muskellunge, Muskie, Ohio Muskie, Tiger, White Pickerel, White Pike, Wisconsin Muskie, 北美狗魚, 北美狗鱼
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esox_masquinongy

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Esox ohiensis Kirtland, 1854GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox ohiensis
Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchill, 1824GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox masquinongy masquinongy
Esox estor Lesueur, 1818GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox estor
Esox nobilior Thompson, 1850GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Esociformes : Esocidae : Esox : Esox nobilior

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1824Esox masquinongy Mitchill
1967Esox masquinongy Wilson p. 201

References

Wilson R. L. (1967) The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52, 197-234
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (2003) Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database.: http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn - via Catalogue of Life
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Carl, H. (2003) Danish fish names.: Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. - via Catalogue of Life
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Kullander, S.O. (2003) Checklist of Swedish common names.: Personal Communication. Provided excel file. - via Catalogue of Life
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1990) Multilingual dictionary of fish and fish products.: Fishing News Books, Oxford. - via Catalogue of Life
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991) A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico.: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. - via Catalogue of Life
Wheeler, A. (1977) Das grosse Buch der Fische.: Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co. Stuttgart. 356 p. - via Catalogue of Life
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). - via World Register of Marine Species
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-PĂ©rez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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