Animal Diversity Web

Esox lucius

American pike

(Also: Common pike; Great Lakes pike; Great northern pickerel; Jackfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Esociformes
        
        Family Esocidae (Pikes)
        
        Genus Esox
        
        Species Esox lucius (American pike)