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Fish Species Description

Chain pickerel

Esox niger

Lesueur, 1818

Classification

Order: Esociformes
Family: Esocidae
Alternate Names: pike, jackfish

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Coosa, Chattahoochee, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwannee, Satilla, St. Marys, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah River basins.

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