Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Salmoniformes - (Family) Esocidae

Original position

Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Esox bellone Linnaeus, 1758
Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus, 1758
Esox gymnocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Esox hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Esox osseus Linnaeus, 1758
Esox sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758
Esox synodus Linnaeus, 1758
Esox vulpes Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Esocinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: R. Fricke et al., 2021: 20 May 2025; ECoF(20 May 2025).

Alternative positions

Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 515.
Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 205.

Historical positions

Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 142. [implicit]
Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 205.
Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 867.
Esocidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 424, 515.
Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 313. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s;2ss; †4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 22 Apr 2013	[6s;2ss; †4s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[5s;2ss]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[5s;2ss]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer: 25 Mar 2013	[6s]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	5s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[9s]