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Common Name: Amur pike
Synonyms and Other Names: blackspotted pike
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Distinguishing characteristics, a key, and an illustration were provided by Berg (1948).
Size: 110 cm and 16 kg or more.
Native Range:
Northeast Asia in the Amur River basin (Berg 1948; Nikolski 1956; Robins et al. 1991b).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species was introduced to Glendale Lake, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission in 1968 (Denoncourt et al. 1975a; Crossman and Meade 1977; Cooper 1983;). Several fish also may have escaped a fish hatchery into Spring Creek (Denoncourt et al. 1975a). Collected in a small reservoir in southwestern Pennsylvania (Clugston 1990).
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked for sport fishing.
Status: Cooper (1983) reported Amur pike as established; however, Robins et al. (1991b) listed them as not established. T. Bender (personal communication) believes pure Amur pike are extirpated in Pennsylvania.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Pure Amur pike were last spawned in 1971. All of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission's brood stock was lost in the summer of 1976 (Bender, personal communication).
Bender, T. - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, State College, PA.
Berg, L. S. 1948-1949. Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries, 4th edition. Three volumes. Translated from Russian, 1962-1965, for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, by Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, Israel. Volume 1:504 pp.; volume 2:496 pp.; volume 3:510 pp.
Cooper, E. L. 1983. Fishes of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA.
Denoncourt, R. F., T. B. Robbins, and R. Hesser. 1975a. Recent introductions and reintroductions to the Pennsylvania fish fauna of the Susquehanna River drainage above Conowingo Dam. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 49:57-58.
Nikolski, G. V. 1956. Fishes of the Amur Basin. Moscow Academy of Science U.S.S.R. 551 pp.
Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott. 1991b. World fishes important to North Americans exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 21. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. 243 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 4/13/2006 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Esox reicherti. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=682> Revision Date: 4/13/2006
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