"Esocidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of freshwater fish of the order ESOCIFORMES, comprising the pikes, inhabiting the waters of the Northern Hemisphere. There is one genus, Esox, with five species: northern pike, grass pickerel, chain pickerel, muskellunge, and Amur pike.
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D017859
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.385.300
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esocidae" by people in Profiles.
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A digital dissection of two teleost fishes: comparative functional anatomy of the cranial musculoskeletal system in pike (Esox lucius) and eel (Anguilla anguilla). J Anat. 2019 08; 235(2):189-204.
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Strikes and startles of northern pike (Esox lucius): a comparison of muscle activity and kinematics between S-start behaviors. J Exp Biol. 2004 Jan; 207(Pt 3):535-44.
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S- and C-start escape responses of the muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) require alternative neuromotor mechanisms. J Exp Biol. 2002 Jul; 205(Pt 14):2005-16.