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title: "Chain Pickerel"
description: "Esox niger — Vissen. The chain pickerel (Esox niger), also known as Jackfish, Mud Pike, or Southern Pike is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chain-pickerel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chain Pickerel

> Esox niger — Vissen. The chain pickerel (Esox niger), also known as Jackfish, Mud Pike, or Southern Pike is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes.

- Scientific name: *Esox niger*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 3445
- Wikidata: [Q93596](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93596)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51367](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51367)

## Names

- en: Chain Pickerel
- de: Kettenhecht
- es: Lucio de cadena
- fr: Brochet maillé
- pl: Szczupak czarny

## Countries with the most observations

US (2675), CA (454)

## Summary

The chain pickerel (Esox niger), also known as Jackfish, Mud Pike, or Southern Pike is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (E. americanus) belong to the Esox genus of pike.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_pickerel

## Photo

![Chain Pickerel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chain-pickerel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41741573

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chain-pickerel?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).