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Name: |
Grass Pickerel |
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Other Common
Names: |
Little pickerel, barred pickerel, mud pickerel, slough pike, pickerel |
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Scientific Name: |
Esox americanus vermiculatus |
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Diet: |
Feeds on fish and insects |
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Habitat: |
Prefers slow, clear streams and lakes with aquatic vegetation |
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Length: |
Average length is 8 inches |
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Identification: |
Long, slender body; snout resembles duck bill; color green to olive-brown above, wavy or worm-like bars on sides and light beneath |
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Photo & text
courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B.
Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |