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Esox masquinongy    
Muskellunge, Muskie

Masquinongé    

Source: FishBase.org
Esox  masquinongy  Mitchill, 1824  
Family:   Esocidae (Pikes) Image of Esox masquinongy, Muskellunge, Maskinonge, Allegheny River pike, Barred muskie, Great pike, Lunge, Mascalonge, Muskie, Ohio muskie, Tiger, White pickerel, White pike, Wisconsin muskie, Jättihauki, Maskinongé, Maskinong, Maskalung, Maskalungen
Order:   Esociformes  (pikes and mudminnows)
Class:   Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Muskellunge
Max. size:   183 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723); max. published weight: 31.8 kg (Ref. 3549); max. reported age: 30 years
Environment:   demersal; non-migratory; freshwater
Climate: temperate; 53°N - 30°N
Importance:   fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:   Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.07-0.15; tmax=30)
Distribution:  
 North America: Native to St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins. Introduced elsewhere in the USA. Native populations are protected in portions of Tennessee and Ohio.

Here, it is found in the Ottawa River a tributary of the St Lawrence River

 
Biology:   Lives in clear vegetated lakes, quiet pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers. Solitary, lurking hunter on other fishes as well as on ducklings, muskrats, and snakes. Oviparous, spawn in spring as the ice melts (Ref. 205).