"The American pickerels are two subspecies of Esox americanus, a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes: the redfin pickerel, E. americanus americanus Gmelin, 1789, and the grass pickerel, E. americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846.Both subspecies are native to North America. They are not to be confused with their aggressive counterpart the Northern pike."@en . "LC" . . "IUCN3.1" . . . . . . "Redfin and grass pickerels"@en . . . .