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| tiger muskellunge (norlunge) |
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| Name and Code |
| Family |
| Esocidae - pikes and mudminnows |
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| Species |
| Esox lucius x E. masquinongy |
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| Common Name(s) |
| tiger muskellunge (norlunge) |
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| French Name |
| maskinongé tigre |
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| Ecological Value |
| Ontario Origin |
| natural hybrid |
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| Economic Importance |
| sport fish |
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| Habitat and Feeding |
| General Habitat(s) |
| lacustrine; riverine |
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| Environment |
| benthopelagic |
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| Habitat Preference |
| warm, weedy shallows of clear lakes and slow rivers; preferred water temperature range 19-21°C |
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| Reproduction |
| Reproductive Guild |
| Nonguarders: Open substratum spawners: Phytophils |
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| Spawning Habitat(s) |
| lacustrine; riverine |
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| Spawning Month(s) |
| April-May |
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| Spawning Temperature (°C) |
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| Nursery Habitat(s) |
| lacustrine; riverine |
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| Size and Age |
| Adult Length (cm) |
| 58.4-111.1 TL |
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| Adult Weight (kg) |
| 1.3-10.9 |
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| Age at Maturity (yrs) |
| n/a (m); no data (f) |
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| Maximum Length (cm) |
| 137.2 TL |
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| Maximum Weight (kg) |
| 23.22 |
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| Ontario Records |
| Record Length (cm) |
| 132.1 TL |
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Ontario Distribution |
| central, eastern and northwestern Ontario |
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| Notes |
| hybrid progeny of male Northern Pike crossed with female Muskellunge; males are sterile, however females are often fertile |
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| Information Sources |
| Bernatchez, L. and M. Giroux. 2000. Les poissons d’eau douce du Québec et leur répartition dans l’Est du Canada. Broquet Inc. Saint-Constant, QC. 350 pp.
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| Carlander, K.D. 1969. Handbook of freshwater fishery biology. Volume one. Life history data on freshwater fishes of the United States and Canada, exclusive of the Perciformes. Iowa State University Press. Ames, IA. vi + 752 pp. |
| Cooper, E.L. 1983. Fishes of Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States. Pennsylvania State University Press. University Park and London. vii + 243 pp. |
| Ditz, K. and E. Holm. 2023. Ontario Fish Species Codes and Names. Ichthyology and Herpetology, Royal Ontario Museum. May 1994. Modified February 2023. |
| Holm, E., N. Mandrak, and M. Burridge. 2021. A field guide to freshwater fishes of Ontario, second edition. Royal Ontario Museum Science Publication. Toronto, ON. 486 pp. |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2023. On-line database. http://www.itis.gov, retrieved 02 May 2023. |
| Jenkins, R.E. and N.M. Burkhead. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD. xxiii + 1079 pp. |
| Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History Publication 1980-12. Raleigh, NC. x + 867 pp. |
| Mandrak, N.E. and E.J. Crossman. 1992. A checklist of Ontario freshwater fishes annotated with distribution maps. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publication. Toronto, ON. v + 176 pp. |
| Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters (OFAH). 2022. OFAH Ontario record fish registry. https://www.ofah.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OFAH_RecFish_Nov22.pdf. November 14, 2022. |
| Page, L.M., K.E. Bemis, T.E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, K.E. Hartel, R.N. Lea, N.E. Mandrak, M.A. Neighbors, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, and H.J. Walker Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 8th Edition. American Fisheries Society, Spec. Publ. 37. Bethesda, MD. 439 pp. |
| Scott, W.B. 1967. Freshwater fishes of eastern Canada, second edition. University of Toronto Press. Toronto, ON. xii + 137 pp. |
| Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184. [1998 Reprint] Galt House Publications Ltd. Oakville, ON. xx + 966 pp. |
| Scharpf, C. 2006. Annotated checklist of North American freshwater fishes, including subspecies and undescribed forms. Part II: Catostomidae through Mugilidae. American Currents 32(4):1-39. |
| Smith, C.L. 1985. The inland fishes of New York State. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Albany, NY. xi + 522 pp. |
| Stauffer, Jr., J.R., J.M. Boltz and L.R. White. 1995. The fishes of West Virginia. Reprinted from The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 146:1-389. Pennsylvania State University. 389 pp. |
| Warren, M.L., Jr., and B.M. Burr [Eds]. 2020. Freshwater Fishes of North America, Volume 2: Characidae to Poeciliidae. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. xx + 911 pp. |
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