Since childhood, we have all heard about such as common pike. She is even a character in fairy tales. But here's what it is, where it lives ... Hardly anyone thought about these questions. Meanwhile, it is one of the largest
Biology of the common pike
The common pike (pike order, family Pike, genus Pike) is a predator. The origin of the name of the fish is not known for certain. According to experts, the name of the predator came simply from the word "puny". Thus, they began to call fish with a fairly elongated body and at the same time deceptively thin. But there is another version, according to which the word is derived from the common Slavic skeu, which in translation means "to kill, stab, cut."
The biology of the common pike is such that it can grow up to one and a half meters in length and weigh up to 35 kilograms. But, as a rule, the fish has a more modest size: a length of up to a meter and a weight of up to eight kilograms. Her body is somewhat reminiscent of a torpedo, her head is very large, and her mouth is quite wide. An interesting fact is that females are larger than males. The body of the fish has a characteristic elongation, it is difficult to confuse it with any other fish. But the head has some features, it is clearly seen that the lower jaw protrudes significantly forward. This is due to the fact that the common pike is a predator, and therefore has an unusual structure of the oral cavity, which is why it was nicknamed the "river shark".
Predator coloring
At first glance, it may seem that the fish has a standard color. But this is not entirely true. The color of the predator is very variable and depends on its habitat. The common pike (description is given in the article) changes colors depending on the degree of development and the nature of the vegetation that surrounds it. The fish can be gray-green, gray-brown, gray-yellow. In this case, the back may be darker than the main background, and on the sides of the predator there are always large olive or brown spots that form a kind of stripe.
Unpaired fins are usually yellow-gray or brown with dark spots, and paired fins are orange. Even silver pikes live in some lakes. It should be noted that the overall color of the fish depends on many factors and may be subject to constant changes. Here the age of the individual, the time of year plays a role. The common pike has a dark color in a pond with muddy water and a silty bottom.
Pike habitats
The common pike lives in the fresh waters of North America and Eurasia. As a rule, the fish lives in the coastal region, in thickets, in slow-flowing or stagnant waters. In ponds, rivers, lakes, pike leads a sedentary life. But fish may well be found in partially desalinated areas of the seas, for example, in the Riga, Finnish and Baltic Seas, as well as the Taganrog Bay of Azov.
The common pike has a very wide range of habitats. Therefore, it is found in the basins of the Aral and Caspian Seas, and in the north the predator can be found from the Kola Peninsula to Anadyr, in the Amur River basin. In lakes and ponds, fish swim close to the shore, preferring shallow water littered with debris and thickets of algae. But in the rivers, pike can be found both at depth and near the coast. In large numbers, predators live in the mouths of rivers that flow into large reservoirs. In such places, as a rule, there are wide spills and abundant aquatic flora. However, fish prefer only those waters that have sufficient oxygen content.
Even a winter decrease in the level of oxygen in the water can lead to the death of predators. What conditions does the common pike prefer? Where it lives, we considered earlier. The fish calmly tolerates acidified water, and therefore is found even in swamps. But the pike avoids fast and rocky rivers. The main condition for the stay of fish is the presence of abundant vegetation. But in the northern regions, the predator, as a rule, hides under bushes, snags hanging over the water, or behind stones, where fish lie in wait for their prey.
Lifestyle
What kind of lifestyle does the common pike lead? The description of the fish would be incomplete without mentioning the nutrition of the famous predator. Usually, the fish is motionless in its ambush, and then rushes at its prey with lightning speed. It is very rare that a creature manages to avoid the teeth of a pike if it is chasing potential prey. The peculiarity of the predator is that it not only pursues the victim in the water, but also makes amazing air jumps. She swallows the victim only from the head. Even if the pike grabbed the fish across the body, it will certainly quickly turn it over and send it headlong into the mouth.
What does a pike eat?
Fish begin to prey very early. Having reached a length of 12-15 millimeters, the fry can already eat smaller carp larvae. However, during this period of development, small pike prefer to feed on invertebrates: chironomids, having reached five centimeters, the pike completely switch to feeding on young growth of other fish. They can no longer eat only invertebrates. This is due to the fact that energy is spent on the extraction of food, which must be replenished with nutrients (invertebrates do not replenish the energy spent). Therefore, young pike die in aquariums if they are fed exclusively with small crustaceans.
Sometimes in floodplain water bodies that have lost contact with the river after the flood level has decreased, the young are isolated, but still the transition to carnivorous feeding is mandatory. In such cases, the pike develop unevenly. Small individuals feed on invertebrates and grow very poorly. At the same time, larger pike eat their smaller relatives, grow much faster and turn into real cannibals that consume their own kind.
As a rule, such a phenomenon is observed among individuals of larger sizes (ten centimeters or more). However, very small fish (3.1-4 cm) sometimes become cannibals. In some reservoirs, only pikes are found from fish. This amazing phenomenon occurs as a result of a whole sequential chain of cannibalism. In the end, the common pike remains the only inhabitant of the reservoir. The systematization of the process is as follows: small pike eat invertebrates, and larger relatives feed on them, which, in turn, are eaten by even larger individuals, and so on. The objective existence of such a chain is associated with the high fecundity of pikes, which makes it possible to obtain a significant number of offspring to feed relatives, including also relatives.
When does the common pike eat? The way of life of fish is such that they eat in the evening or in the morning, but at night and at noon they almost always rest, digesting food. The menu of predators depends on different circumstances, and therefore can be very different. Basically it depends on where the common pike lives. Habitat determines the range of food available to fish. As a rule, they eat the most numerous individuals of the reservoir. And in the spring, for example, pikes can readily eat frogs. There are even cases when a predator dragged a mouse, a rat, a sandpiper or a squirrel swimming across the river under water.
Large pikes can afford to attack waterfowl, and it does not have to be a duckling, it can be an adult duck. For such tricks, a predator is sometimes called a duckling. The literature even describes a case when a pike grabbed a goose by the paw and did not let him go until he pulled the fish ashore.
However, it cannot be said that pike causes great harm to fisheries. In natural reservoirs, it regulates the community by eating small things, weak and sick fish, while it enables larger and healthier individuals to grow faster and produce good offspring. Pike digest food very slowly. That's why he eats periodically. And in winter, fish do not eat at all.
Spawning predator
How does the common pike reproduce? The characterization of fish would be incomplete without mentioning reproduction. As we have said, pikes are incredibly prolific fish. They reach puberty at 3-5 years, while their length is 35-40 centimeters. Females begin to spawn immediately after the ice melts at a temperature of 3-6 degrees. For this, fish are suitable in shallow water, under the shore. As a rule, smaller individuals go to spawn, then medium ones, and only then the largest ones. Each female is guarded by 2-4 males, up to eight potential applicants can be near a large one. The female swims in front, and the males follow her on the sides or hold on to her back. Pike rub against bushes, stumps, knots, cattail stalks and other objects. They do not stay in one place and move around the spawning ground all the time. It is during this period that caviar is spawned. At the end of the spawning process, all fish rush in different directions and splash heavily, and males sometimes jump out to the surface of the water.
It is difficult to imagine, but depending on the size of the female, she is able to sweep from 17.5 to 215 thousand eggs. Large caviar, up to 3 millimeters in diameter, is scattered by the female, and then glued to the plants. After a few days, the stickiness is lost, the eggs fall off and continue their development at the bottom of the reservoir. In those places where there is no vegetation, they immediately find themselves at the bottom. After 8-14 days, larvae begin to hatch, which at first feed on small crustaceans (cyclops and daphnia).
How long do pike live?
The common pike (photos are given in the article) can live up to twenty years. However, there is evidence that a thirty-three-year-old fish was once caught. In general, in the literature you can find an incredible number of legends regarding the amazing vitality of pikes. Especially incredible is the story of the Heilbron pike, which was caught by King Frederick II and marked by him with a golden ring in 1230 in a lake near Beckingen. The legend says that the same fish was re-caught after 267 years. At that time, she already weighed 140 kilograms and had grown to 5.7 meters in length. The ridge of this outlandish creature was exhibited in the cathedral of the city of Mannheim. However, later it turned out that this story is just a fishing tale. It turned out that the spine of the exhibit was nothing more than a hoax, since it was made up of the spines of several fish. And there are many such amazing stories.
How are predatory fish caught?
The common pike is a commercial fish. Its meat is completely lean and not very tasty, but it is considered quite an important dietary product. In the old days, the Cossacks on the Don did not recognize such fish and threw it back into the river. But in the Middle Ages in England, pike was considered a very tasty and expensive fish. Fish fillet is very popular among French women, and therefore in France pike is not only caught, but also bred in artificial ponds.
In our country, its fishing is also very popular among fishermen. Most often, spinning is used for this, this is the most difficult type of fishing, but also the most interesting. With the knowledge of precise technique and the right choice of bait, fishermen can get an excellent trophy.
The fishing season begins in early spring, with the arrival of the first warm days, but before the onset of floods. This period falls at the end of March and the beginning of April. For fishing, it is better to choose small rivers. The period after spawning is especially good for fishing, because seven to twelve days after it, the spring zhor begins in pike. This period can be very short, and can last up to twenty days. A starving fish bites on any bait. But it is better to catch it closer to the spawning grounds. As soon as it ends, other fish rush here, attracted by pike caviar. And the predator does not waste time and feeds on new prey.
A sharp and strong wind makes the pike go to the depths. When fishing, it is worth considering the specifics of the reservoir. For example, in small rivers, fishing should be carried out near pools and pits.
Fish bite improves significantly towards the end of summer, when the heat subsides. And in September it becomes very intense and remains so in the daytime, almost until the moment when it becomes ice. Feeling the approach of cold weather, the fish tries to accumulate fat, and therefore it feeds heavily and falls for the bait faster. A particularly large catch can be obtained during quiet autumn evenings with fogs. Autumn fishing attracts many anglers, leaving their bottom and float rods, they pick up spinning rods in order to catch the predator.
Periodically, predators change their teeth. Some anglers believe that predators do not feed during such periods. But this is absolutely not true. The process occurs gradually, the teeth change one at a time, but painfully. And yet, even in such periods, the fish hunt.
The teeth on the lower jaw of the fish perform the function of capturing food. They have the shape of fangs and at the same time different sizes. But on the upper jaw, the teeth are smaller, their points are directed inside the mouth. When capturing the victim, she no longer has a chance to escape from the mouth of the predator.
According to experienced fishermen, pike is a very cunning fish. And sometimes it's hard to catch her. Once a fish is off the hook, it remembers the bait that hurt it. Therefore, next time she will never bite on the same complementary foods. Fishermen in such cases should change either the place of fishing or the bait.
Fishing Planet
Fishing is so popular that it is reflected in the FishingPlanet computer game. The unique common pike is one of the possible trophies of virtual fishing. FishingPlanet is a very realistic fishing simulator (online). It was created by true lovers of this activity for the same avid fishermen. In this game, you can choose fish, tackle, strive to improve your skills. And you can also include friends in the process. Of course, the simulator will not replace real fishing, but there are many of its fans, since the creators of the game tried to make it very realistic and interesting.
Instead of an afterword
In our article, we tried to tell the most interesting facts about the famous predator, which is a thunderstorm of rivers and lakes. But at the same time, pike is valued for dietary meat and is a desirable trophy for every fisherman.
Pike- a fish belonging to the pike family. It has become widespread in fresh water bodies of North America and Eurasia. Prefers coastal zones of reservoirs, water thickets, stagnant or low-flowing waters. Rarely, but it is found in the desalinated parts of such seas as the Finnish, Curonian and Riga bays of the Baltic Sea and in the Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov. The pike quite calmly tolerates acidic water, it can live quite calmly in water bodies with a pH of 4.75. With a decrease in the oxygen content in the reservoir to 3.0-2.0 mg / liter, respiratory depression occurs in pike, therefore, in some stagnant reservoirs, it often dies.
Appearance of Pike.
The length of the pike grows to an impressive 1.5 m, and reaches a weight of 35 kg (most often up to 1 m and 8 kg). Her body is torpedo-shaped, her head is large, her mouth is wide. Its coloration is variable, it depends on the environment of the fish: and it depends on the degree of development and the nature of the vegetation. The color can be gray-brown, gray-greenish, gray-yellowish, the back of the pike is darker, its sides have large olive or brown spots that form transverse stripes. Unpaired fins are yellowish-gray, brown with dark spots; paired fins - orange. She feeds mainly on fish. In some reservoirs there are silver pikes.
The male and female can be distinguished by the shape of the genital-urinary opening, in males it looks like a narrow elongated slit, painted in the color of the womb, and in females it is in the form of an oval depression surrounded by a pink roller.
The body of the pike is arrow-shaped. Her head is elongated, the lower jaw protrudes significantly forward. Teeth located on the lower jaw of a pike of different sizes, they serve to capture the victim. The teeth on the other bones of the oral cavity are a little smaller, and they are all pointed at the throat and they are able to sink into the mucous membrane. This design of the jaws makes it easy to pass prey, and if it tries to escape, then the pharyngeal teeth rise and confidently prevent this.
In pike, the teeth of the lower jaw can change: the inner surface of the jaw is covered with soft tissue, under which there are 2-4 rows of replacement teeth, they are closely adjacent to the back of each active tooth, thereby forming a “dental family”. When a working tooth becomes unusable, an adjacent replacement tooth of the same family takes its place. Initially, such a tooth is soft and unstable, but over time it firmly adheres to the jaw bone and becomes strong. Teeth do not change all at once. In some specific reservoirs, the teeth of the pike begin to change intensively in a certain season, at which time it stops hunting for large prey, since the prey can easily escape from the mouth. Accordingly, fishing on such reservoirs is currently deteriorating.
Pike breeding.
In natural reservoirs, females reach puberty and start breeding in the fourth, sometimes in the third year of life, but males a little later - in the fifth year.Pike spawning occurs at a water temperature of 3-6 ° C, almost immediately after the ice has melted, this happens near the coast at a depth of about 0.5-1 meter. As observations show, the smallest individuals come out to spawn first, and the largest ones come out last. During spawning they stay in groups of 2-4 males and one female; next to large females can be up to 8 males. The female moves ahead, while the males swim behind her, while lagging behind by about half the hull. They either press close to the sides of the female, or hold over her back. At this time, the dorsal fins and backs of fish constantly rise from the water.
During spawning, pikes rub against bushes, stems, roots of cattail and reeds, as well as other objects. They do not linger in one place, they move non-stop through the spawning ground and spawn. At the end of spawning, all individuals of the group participating in the process rush in different directions, and females at this moment often emerge from the water into the air.
Depending on the size, one female is able to lay from 17.5 to 215 thousand eggs. Pike eggs are very large, about 3 mm in diameter, they can stick to vegetation, but since they are slightly sticky, they easily fall off with the slightest shaking. After 2-3 days, the stickiness completely disappears, while most of the eggs roll down and further their development occurs already at the bottom of the reservoir.
Due to the fact that in spring, at low temperatures, the water is sufficiently saturated with oxygen, pike eggs develop normally in a stagnant reservoir. And when the water is warmed up, the oxygen content in it drops rapidly. It follows from this that the earlier the pike starts spawning, the more eggs will remain alive.
For pike caviar, a sharp decline in water after spawning is critical, since it spawns in shallow water, a drop in water level by half a meter can lead to mass death of eggs.
The development time of the eggs depends on the water temperature, and it varies from 8 to 14 days, the hatched larvae are 6.7-7.6 mm in length. Initially, they feed on the remains of the bladder, which is located on their belly, and as it dissolves, they gradually switch to feeding on external resources, such as cyclops and daphnia. Reaching a length of 12-15 mm, juveniles are already able to hunt the larvae of carp fish. Since spawning of cyprinids occurs after pike, this has a positive effect on the nutrition of pike fry. When the juveniles reach a size of about 5 cm, they finally switch to feeding on juveniles of other fish, as a rule, these are cyprinids. In an aquarium, a pike of this size will quickly die if fed crustaceans, because the nutrients in such prey will not be enough to offset the energy expended on foraging.
In spring, along with melt waters, pike often enters flooded lakes. After some time, the connection with such reservoirs is interrupted, and the life of juveniles that have hatched in such a reservoir differs to a large extent from life in a river or large permanent reservoirs. Since there is not enough food in such reservoirs, the growth of pikes in them is very uneven, and can vary by 2-2.5 times. In this case, small individuals are prey for large ones, with a special lack of food, pikes that have reached a height of 3-4 cm already resorting to eating their relatives.
Such degenerate food chains, when juveniles feed on plankton, large pikes feed on fry, and even larger ones feed on them, are observed in some reservoirs on a permanent basis. As a rule, this occurs in the northern (usually tundra) lakes of Canada and Yakutia, where the amount of nutrients is insufficient to maintain the food pyramid. But despite this, the ecosystems of reservoirs of this type have been quite stable for many decades; on the coast and in bottom sediments, researchers have not found any bone remains other than pike in reservoirs of this type.
Pike lifestyle and habits.
In reservoirs, pike prefers to stay in thickets of aquatic vegetation or karyazhnik. As a rule, there she keeps motionless, hiding, waiting for her prey, and suddenly rushing at her. The pike swallows the caught fish, exclusively starting from the head - if the pike grabbed it across the body, then it quickly turns the victim head first.
At the time of the attack, the pike is oriented both with the help of vision and thanks to the lateral line, the organs of which are quite well developed not only on the midline of the body, but also on the head.
The food objects of adults are quite diverse, and more numerous species of fish, mainly: perch, roach, bream, ruff, silver bream. In the rivers, the role of typical river fish in the diet of pike, such as minnow, minnow, sculpin goby, char, etc., increases. In spring, pike feeds on toads with hunting. There were cases when large individuals of pike dragged ducklings under water, as well as rats, mice, squirrels and sandpipers swimming across rivers. Particularly large individuals of pike can also attack an adult duck. In general, the pike is able to attack very large fish, the weight and length of which reaches 50 - 65% of the weight and length of the predator.
In the diet of medium-sized individuals, as a rule, low-value and numerous fish predominate, it is for this reason that pike is sometimes a very necessary component of a rational fish economy in almost most lakes. Due to its absence in the lakes, the number of small perch and ruff instantly increases.
The importance of pike for humans.
Pike are very often bred in pond farms. In France, for example, out of an area of 100,000 hectares of ponds, more than 50,000 of them are given specifically for pike breeding.
Pike meat is not fatty, it contains approximately 2-3% fat and is dietary. The maximum age of pike currently in commercial catch does not exceed 25 years. Only a 33-year-old pike has been reliably documented, and all stories about pike of a much older age are legends.
Among these stories there is one very popular one, the story of the “Heilborn pike”, which Emperor Frederick II personally caught in October 1230, he marked it with a golden ring and released it back into Lake Bjöckingen near Heilbronn, and after 267 years it was caught :). And this pike grew up to 570 centimeters and reached a weight of 140 kg. The spine of this pike was transferred to the Mannheim Cathedral for safekeeping.
Such a miracle story aroused the deep interest of the German natural philosopher Oken. Who engaged in a detailed study of history and established that Frederick II at that time lived without a break in Italy and could in no way mark a pike in the expanses of Germany with his ring. He also managed to study the spine of this miracle pike, in the Mannheim Cathedral. And as it was supposed to be a falsification, it was made up of the vertebrae of several pikes.
And it belongs to the class of bony fish.
Habitat
It lives in the waters of Eurasia and North America. It can be rivers, ponds, lakes. Prefers a shoreline with rich aquatic vegetation, preferably rocks and snags, in which it likes to hide.
Appearance
The fish can reach a length of one and a half meters, and weigh 45 kg. She has a long strong body, a large head with a brightly protruding lower jaw. Fish scales perfectly mask the predator among the algae and make it almost invisible. The belly is white, and the sides and back are green-gray with brown speckles.
Depending on the habitat of the individual, the color of the color of the fish can acquire shades: yellow-green or gray-yellow back. The ventral and pectoral fins are yellow-orange, the rest are brown-yellow with dark spots. The mouth is large, the teeth are sharp and dangerous. On the lower jaw, the teeth are constantly replaced by new ones, throughout her life.
Nutrition
It feeds on various fish, amphibians, and insects. May attack small waterfowl and their chicks. In times of famine, it can eat its relative, only smaller in size than itself.
Most often, the huntress waits in ambush, hiding among algae or snags, waiting for the victim, then pounces, grabbing it with her teeth. Food is always swallowed head first, if, say, a fish is located with its tail to the mouth of a pike, then it is sure to intercept it in the right order - head to the head of the predator.
Spawning
They go to spawn in early spring, as soon as the ice on the water melts. The female is surrounded by several males, they splash noisily in shallow water, beat with their tails, jump out of the water. At this time, they do not eat anything and become vulnerable themselves, pike can be caught with almost bare hands. The female will lay from 15,000 to 210,000 eggs, scattering them widely in the water. They settle on the leaves of algae or on the bottom. After a week or two, larvae appear, 7.5 mm long, and as soon as they acquire the ability to eat on their own, they immediately get down to business.
They feed on larvae of other fish and small crustaceans. When they grow up to 5 cm in length, they hunt for fish fry. What can you do, predators. It eats a lot, grows rapidly, and at the age of 4 months of life, the fry reaches a body length of 25 cm. In general, pikes benefit the reservoir in which they live, they are orderlies, eating sick and weak fish. After all, everyone knows that the strongest wins in the struggle for survival.
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Pike - an inhabitant of reservoirs Prepared by: student MBOUSOSH No. 50 4 class "B" Martynov Evgeny
Belongs to the pike family. This is a predatory fish. The body of the pike is elongated, torpedo-shaped. The color of the body is greenish-dark, sometimes black on the back, greenish with an admixture of yellow, with many spots, stripes, and strokes of different clarity on the sides. In the abdominal part, the body of the pike is whitish. The pectoral and ventral fins are yellowish-red. The mouth of the pike is huge, with razor-sharp teeth. It lives in lakes and rivers almost throughout the country. Pike prefer quiet water. It keeps alone where it is convenient to watch for prey and go unnoticed due to its variegated color, namely: near boulders, at a break in the bottom, near snags and near a washed-out coast. And also among the thickets of aquatic plants. Pike
Reaches a length of one and a half meters and a mass of 35 kg. The pike is very voracious and feeds on almost any fish, including its own juveniles.
Pike feed all year round, but the intensity of their feeding and the composition of their food vary depending on the season. The main fattening is in the spring. It usually consumes the most numerous fish. In lakes and reservoirs, these are roach, perch, ruff, and bream. In rivers, the importance of typical river fish increases in the pike's food: gudgeon, char, minnow, sculpin, etc. In addition to fish, pike willingly eats frogs. They are found in her diet in spring, but more often in autumn, when they form large clusters in preparation for wintering. There are cases when pike dragged mice, rats, sandpipers and even squirrels swimming across rivers into the depths of the river. Large pikes are able to attack a floating duck, and in this case they are called "ducklings".
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pike report
Pike is a predatory fish known even to children. After all, it is the pike that is the main character of the fairy tale "At the command of the pike." That species is considered a popular commercial fish, actively bred in pond nurseries.
Pike live in freshwater reservoirs of Eurasia and North America, preferring stagnant water. There are 7 types of pike.
Pike fish description
The average length of a pike is 1 meter, and the average weight is 8 kilograms. And only some individuals reach 1.8 m and weigh 35 kg. Females are usually larger than males. The body of the fish is distinguished by an elongated, elongated-arrow-shaped shape. The head of the pike is long, with a narrow snout, the lower jaw protrudes noticeably forward.
The teeth of the pike, located on the lower jaw, perform the function of capturing prey, have the shape of fangs and are endowed with different sizes.
The eyes of the pike are located quite high, so that the predator can inspect a large area without bothering to turn his head.
The body of the fish is covered with relatively small scales that capture the cheeks and skin formations on the gills. Pike scales can be grayish-green, gray with yellow or gray-brown.
The color of the back of the pike is dark, the belly is white with grayish spotting. The sides are covered with characteristic olive spots, which, when merged, form wide stripes of different lengths.
How long does a pike live?
The life expectancy of a pike is 10-30 years (depending on the species and living conditions)
What does a pike eat?
Pike is an extremely gluttonous and illegible predator in food. 80-90% of its diet is fish (carp, perch, ruff, roach), it also actively eats frogs, tadpoles, crayfish during molting, lizards, newts, rodents swimming across the pond. Most big pikes sometimes attack chicks of waterfowl.
The pike hunts from ambush, patiently and motionlessly standing among the water thickets. Having outlined a potential victim, the predator makes a sharp jerk and swallows it, always grabbing the victim by the head.
reproduction
The female pike becomes sexually mature at 3-4 years of age, the male pike matures by 5 years. Spawning begins after the end of ice melting, when the water temperature is only 3-6 degrees. Predators gather in small groups: 2-4 males near the female. Large females can be surrounded by up to 8 male pike.
The amount of pike eggs depends on the size of the female. One individual spawns from 17 to 215 thousand eggs, the diameter of which is 3 mm.
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