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  • Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
    • Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
      • Class - Fish - Actinopterygii
        • Order - Pikes / Mudminnow - Esociformes
          • Family - Pikes / Pickerels - Esocidae
            • Species - Tiger Muskellunge - Esox masquinongy x lucius

Tiger Muskellunge - Esox masquinongy x lucius

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Exotic Species (not native to Montana)

Global Rank: GNA
State Rank: SNA

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 4

 

General Description

The tiger muskellunge is a sterile hybrid of the Northern Pike and Muskellunge.

General Distribution

Resident Year Round

 

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 1

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Relative Density

Recency

 

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

Reproductive Characteristics

Sterile hybrid

Management

Stocked in a small number of reservoirs.

Citations & Sources

• Holton, G. D. 2003. A field guide to Montana fishes. Mont. Dept. Fish, Wildl. Parks, 95 pp.

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Citation for data on this website:
Tiger Muskellunge — Esox masquinongy x lucius.  Montana Field Guide.  Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AFCHD01050.aspx