Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Amur pike (Esox reichertii), also known as the blackspotted pike, is a pike native to the Amur River system in east Asia, as well as freshwater habitat on the island of Sakhalin. Closely related to the northern pike, it reaches a length of 115 cm (3 ft 9 in), a weight of 12.5 kg (28 lb), sporting a silvery body with small, black spots. Like other pike, this species is prized for sport fishing. It is not commonly found outside its native range. However, it was introduced to Glendale Lake, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (United States), by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) in 1968. The lake is just south of the native range of the northern pike. Pure Amur pike were last spawned in 1971. All of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission's brood stock was lost in the summer of 1976. That same year the world record Amur pike was caught from the lake. The year after, the PFBC also stocked 168 northern pike x Amur pike hybrids into the lake.
Wikipedia contributors, Amur pike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:29:31.877275+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
- Name authority
- Dybowski, 1869
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Esociformes
- Family
- Esocidae
- Genus
- Esox
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderEsociformes
- familyEsocidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyEsocinae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusEsox Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesEsox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Esox. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| chain pickerelEsox niger Lesueur, 1818 | EsocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aquitanian pikeEsox aquitanicus Denys, Dettai, Persat, Hautecoeur & Keith, 2014 | EsocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Esox cisalpinus Bianco & Delmastro, 2011 | EsocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern pikeEsox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 | EsocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| muskellungeEsox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824 | EsocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Esox (Esox) reichertii Dybowski, 1869 Dybowski, 1869 | synonym |
| Esox reicherti Dybowski, 1869 Dybowski, 1869 | synonym |
| Lucius reicherti (Dybowski, 1869) (Dybowski, 1869) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Dybowski, B. N. (1869). Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Fischfauna des Ononflusses und des Ingoda in Transbaikalien. Verhandlungen Der K.-K. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, v. 19: 945–958, table, Pls. 14–18. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3BHYZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.