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| | AllRefer.com - pike, in zoology (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16) |
 | | pike, common name for the family Esocidae, freshwater game and food fishes of Europe, Asia, and North America. |
 | | The pike, the muskellunge, and the pickerel form a small but well-known group of long, thin fishes with spineless dorsal fins, large anal fins, and long, narrow jaws with formidable teeth. |
 | | Pikes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Clupeiformes, family Esocidae. |
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