📸 PhotoPhoto: Georg Mittenecker · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Northern pike
Esox lucius (Northern pike · ノーザンパイク)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A female's maximum length of 150 cm is close to an adult human height (about 1.7 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 28.4 kg is about one and a half 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 FishBase notes that adverse ecological impacts have been reported in several countries where it was introduced.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Northern pike is a large carnivorous fish widely distributed in northern freshwaters of North America and Eurasia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Females are known to reach up to 150 cm in total length and 28.4 kg in weight, and individuals living over 30 years have been recorded.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is solitary and territorial, feeding mainly on fish as well as frogs and crayfish and sometimes practicing cannibalism; in spring, it lays eggs among flooded meadows and aquatic plants.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135631/58312794
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 3BHYH
- • iucnredlist.org — 58312794
- • wikidata.org — Q165278
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Esox Lucius.JPG
- • fishbase.se — Esox-lucius.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Russell Engelman · CC BY 4.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.