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Ski

Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824

Status not recordedbony fish

The ski (Esox masquinongy) is a species in the family Esocidae, order Esociformes.

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Quick facts about the ski

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ski live?

Not recorded

Is the ski endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ski classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderEsociformes
  5. familyEsocidae
  6. genusEsox
  7. SpeciesEsox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824

Synonyms Esox masquinongy, Esox masquinongy masquinongy, Esox nobilior, Esox ohiensis

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Great lakes muskellungeEnglish
  • LungeEnglish
  • MuskellungeEnglish
  • MuskieEnglish
  • MuskyEnglish
  • Spotted muskellungeEnglish
  • štika muskalungaCzech
  • Muskallonga AmericanoSpanish
  • MaskinongEstonian
  • JättihaukiFinnish
  • maskinongéFrench
  • MaashkinoozheOjibwa
  • МаскинонгRussian
  • Tigersgd
  • orjaška ščukaSlovenian
  • MaskalungSwedish
  • MaskinongeTurkish
  • Cá chó Ngũ HồVietnamese
  • 北美狗魚Chinese
  • Щука-маскинонгRussian
  • 北美狗鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ski

Other species in the same genus Esox.

Pickerel

Esox niger

EsocidaeNo free photo yet

Amur pike

Esox reichertii

EsocidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSki vs Northern pikeSki vs PickerelSki vs Grass pickerelSki vs Amur pike

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ski?

The ski (Esox masquinongy) belongs to the family Esocidae in the order Esociformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ski (Esox masquinongy). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ski

MLA

“Ski (Esox masquinongy).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ski.

BibTeX
@misc{ski_2026,
  title = {Ski (Esox masquinongy)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ski},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}