Global InformationEsox cisalpinus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Esociformes |
| Family: | Esocidae |
| Genus: | Esox |
| Species: | E. cisalpinus
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| Esox cisalpinus Bianco & Delmastro, 2011
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Esox flaviae Lucentini et al. 2011
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Esox cisalpinus, the southern pike or cisalpine pike, is a species of freshwater fish known from central and northern Italy, southeastern France and Switzerland, and it might also occur in the western Balkans.[1][2][3] It has traditionally been considered a southern European variant of the widespread northern pike (Esox lucius), but was described as a separate species in 2011.[4] Like the northern pike, southern pike are an important species for recreational fisheries and for its role as a top predator in freshwater ecosystems.
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Lucentini2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Denys, Gaël Pierre Julien; Dettai, Agnès; Persat, Henri; Hautecœur, Mélyne; Keith, Philippe (2014). "Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Three Species of Pikes Esox spp. (Actinopterygii, Esocidae) in France, including the Description of A New Species". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 337 (9): 521–34. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.07.002. PMID 25242691.
- ^ Bianco, P.G. (2014). "An update on the status of native and exotic freshwater fishes of Italy". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 30 (1): 62–77. doi:10.1111/jai.12291.
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