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chain pickerel

n. common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn: chain pike, Esox niger]

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Chain pickerel

The chain pickerel or Southern Pike (Esox niger) is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel belong to the Esox genus of pike.