What is Esocidae?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Extant Esocidae.png | taxon = Esocidae | authority = [[Georges Cuvier|G. Cuvier]], 1817 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''[[Esox]]''<br> *''[[Dallia]]'' *''[[Novumbra]]'' *† ''[[Estesesox]]'' *† ''[[Oldmanesox]]'' }} '''Esocidae''' is a family of fish in the order [[Esociformes]], which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. ==Studies== While the family only contained the genus ''[[Esox]]'', recent studies have recovered ''[[Novumbra]]'' and ''[[Dallia]]'' as members of the family Esocidae, being closer related to ''Esox'' than ''[[Umbra (fish)|Umbra]]''. Fossil specimens from the Mesozoic in North America have been assigned as two additional genera in this family. {{Taxonbar|from=Q1987393}} [[Category:Esociformes]] {{biology-stub}}