#2072 · 🐟 fish

Northern Pike

🇳🇱 Snoek ·Esox lucius

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Dirk Godlinski · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Neil Ward · CC BY-ND 4.0
5. Prinses Amaliabrug, 1536, 1525 Markenbinnen, Nederland:© Noud · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Deventer, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 9213 VJ De Wilgen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Raamsdonksveer, Nederland:© Marjolein Vereijken · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Prinses Amaliabrug, 1536, 1525 Markenbinnen, Nederland:© Noud · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Plaszoom, Rotterdam, South Holland, NL:© athfos · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

S. Upper Midwest and in Manitoba), is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes). e. holarctic in distribution).

base stats

NL sightings 387iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,651iNaturalist observations
length 47.5 cmadult, up to
lifespan 7 yrmaximum recorded
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 387 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the fish in NL.
15,651 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 48 cm long.
Can live up to 7 years.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Northern Pike
Nederlands: Snoek
scientific name: Esox lucius
class: Actinopterygii
order: Salmoniformes
family: Esocidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 387
sightings in Europe: 7,225
sightings worldwide: 15,651
GBIF records in NL: 114,461
weight: —
length: 47.5 cm
lifespan: 7 years
named: 1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55387, Wikidata Q165278, GBIF 2346633, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.