Preferred Label : esocidae;
MeSH definition : A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting
the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species:
northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.;
MeSH synonym : pike;
MeSH hyponym : esox americanus; esox; esox niger; esox masquinongy; esox lucius; esox reicherti; Grass Pickerel; Pickerel, Grass; Amur Pike; Pike, Amur; Muskellunge; Muskellunges; Chain Pickerel; Pickerel, Chain; Northern Pike; Pike, Northern;
CISMeF hyponym : exox niger; exox lucius; exox reicherti;
MeSH Related Number : txid126735; txid184450; txid184451; txid256424; txid8009; txid8010;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esocidae;
UNII : txid8008;
Origin ID : D017859;
UMLS CUI : C0014878;
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Record concept(s)
Semantic type(s)
- Fish [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting
the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species:
northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.