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Esox niger
Chain pickerel, Common Pickerel
Acadia National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Esox niger Lesueur, 1818
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Chain pickerel, Common Pickerel
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Esociformes, Family Esocidae, Genus Esox, Species Esox niger


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		ME: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Big Cypress National Preserve	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Everglades National Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Hot Springs National Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Minute Man National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site


Last Modified Date:	10/8/2002

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 1:08:00 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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