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Esox niger
chain pickerel
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Esox niger Lesueur, 1818
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		chain 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:		NY: S5; PA: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	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	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site


Last Modified Date:	8/5/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/4/2025 5:20:04 AM

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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