Esociformes: Esocidae, Pikes, and Umbridae, Mudminnows

Mel Warren

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Esociformes: Esocidae, Pikes, and Umbridae, Mudminnows

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Mel Warren

Year:

2020

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Freshwater Fishes of North America

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Abstract

This chapter is an authoritative synthesis covering the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and the fossil record of the Pikes, family Esocidae and Mudminnows, Umbridae. The encyclopedic review is accompanied by color photographs, detailed illustrations, and figures creating a rich textual and visual experience that covers everything known about the diversity, natural history, ecology, and biology of these interesting families.

Keywords

Pikes, Mudminnows, Esociformes, Esox, Umbra, Dallia, Novumbra, Kenoza, Esocidae, Umbridae

Citation

McCormick, F. H.; Grande, T.; Thiele, C.; Warren, M. L., Jr.; Lopez, J. A.; Wilson, M. V. H.; Tabor, R. A.; Olden, J. D.;Kuehne, L. M. 2020. Esociformes: Esocidae, Pikes, and Umbridae, Mudminnoows. P. 193-260 in Freshwater Fishes of North America. M.L. Warren, Jr., B. M. Burr, A. A. Echelle, B. R. Kuhajda, and S. T. Ross, eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 911 p.