Chain Pickerel

Esox niger Lesueur 1818

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Esox niger (Chain Pickerel) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Esocidae. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 9 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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freshwater
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
- Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Acusicola tenax (Roberts 1965)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Azygia longa (Leidy 1851) Manter 1926
onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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912 days
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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9 years
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.75 m
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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2337.5 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Chain pickerel. View this species on GBIF

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