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Taxon: Order Esociformes Bleeker, 1859 - pikes and mudminnows (fish)
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Authorship

Original name Bleeker, 1859.
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 34 ("Ordine. Gli Esocidi."). [family, nom. vernac.].

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Variants

Current rankEsocoidei (Suborder) Regan, 1909 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126; ECoF(4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
Former rankEsocoidei (Suborder) Regan, 1909 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 68. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameHaplomi (Order) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 248.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namepikes and mudminnows Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 248.
pikes Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 204.
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