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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:
USFS:
BLM:
FWP Conservation Tier: 4

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General Description

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

General Distribution

Montana Range

 

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 114

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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.

References

• Web Search Engines for Articles on "Tiger Muskellunge"
  • WorldCat
  • Google Scholar
  • Google Books
  • Science.gov
• Additional Sources of Information Related to "Fish"
  • American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists
    
  • Montana Fisheries Information System
    
  • Montana Fisheries Society
    
  • Natural Heritage Tracker (Statewide Database of Animal Observations)
    

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Citation for data on this website:
Tiger Muskellunge — Esox masquinongy x lucius.  Montana Field Guide.  Montana Natural Heritage Program and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.  Retrieved on May 19, 2013, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AFCHD01050.aspx