Il luccio, Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Nomi dialettali italiani -  Veneto tridentino - Luz, Luss, Luzza. Venezia Giulia - Liuzz, Luzz. Veneto - Luz, Luzzo. Piemonte - Luss, Luz. Lombardia - Lusc, Luz, Loess, Cavigieu. Toscana - Luccio. Calabria - Luzzu, Luzzato. Sicilia - Adduzza de Sciummi, Luzzuo.

Nomi comuni esteri - Francese - Brochet, Grand brochet, Brouchet, Brouché, Brouchetta, Bec de canard France, Lanceron, Beked, Poignard, Sifflet. Spagnolo - Lucio. Portoghese - Lúcio. Greco - Toúrna. Inglese - Pike, Northern pike, Common pike, Pickerel. Gaelico - Lius. Galles - Penhwyad. Tedesco - Hecht, Hechten, Heekt, Heichit, Europäischer hecht, Scheckhecht, Höcht, Hengste, Bunthecht, Flußhecht, Grashecht, Schnock, Schnöck, Schnuck. Olanda - Snoek. Danimarca - Gedde. Norvegia - Gjedde. Svezia - Gädda. Finlandia - Hauki. Islanda - Gedda. Federazione Russa - Shchuka, Obyknovennaya schuka, Shtschuka. Polaonia - Szczupak. Repubblica Ceca - Štika obecná. Repubblica Slovacca - Stuka obycajná. Ungheria - Csuka. Romania - Stiuca, Ştiucă, Marlita. Bulgaria - Shtuka. Slovenia - Scuka. Turchia - Turna baligi. Iran - Shook Chehkhab, Ordak Mahi, Ordakmahi. Giappone - Kawakamasu. Lingua Cree (Canada) - Cinosa, Cinoseo, Cinusèw. Lingua Inuktitut (Eschimese) - Hiulik, Idlûlukak, Ihok, Kikiyuk, Kiqyôq. Isole Aleutine - Qalru.

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 i-ii + 1-824; v. 1 314. Catalogo - Wheeler 1958:209. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Berg 1948:458, Crossman 1978:14, Lee et al. 1980:133, Smith 1986:250, Lelek 1987:67, Robison & Buchanan 1988:144, McAllister 1990:69, Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:65, Page & Burr 1991:61, Coad 1991:20, Etnier & Starnes 1993:335, Jenkins et al. in Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:232, Ráb & Crossman 1994:1951, Baxter & Stone 1995:152, Stauffer et al. 1995:227, Coad 1995:24, Cross & Collins 1995:163, Zhu 1995:16, Mrakovcic et al. 1995:184, Chereshnev 1996:601, Coad 1996:85, Kottelat 1997:95, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:733, Coffie 1997:133, Sigler & Sigler 1996:162, Popova 1998:52, Coad 1998:103, Scott & Crossman 1998:356, Fuller et al. 1999:228, Azeroual et al. 2000:20, Lyons et al. 2000:37, Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:17, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45, Chereshnev et al. 2001:50, Pietsch et al. 2001:141, Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:194, Sideleva 2001:47, Lachance 2002:597, Mecklenburg et al. 2002:144, Moyle 2002:222, Fedorov et al. 2003:27, Sideleva 2003:12, Wydoski & Whitney 2003:111, Hanel 2003:57, Nelson et al. 2004:84, Bailey et al. 2004:138, Miller & Robison 2004:252, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:124, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:165, Hanel & Lusk 2005:297, Kottelat 2006:26, Ocock et al. 2006:55, Scharpf 2006:21, Fricke 2007:28, Fricke et al. 2007:57, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:342. Località tipo - Europa. Tipo - Nessuno. Possibili sintipi - BMNH 1853.11.12.114 [coll. Gronovius] (1, pelle).

Lucius lucius Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 314: Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Esox lucius aralensis Pivnev, 1985. Fishes of the Chu and Talas River basins. Ilim, Frunze. Fishes of the Chu and Talas River basins.: 1-189. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Kottelat 2006:26. Località tipo - Bacino del fiume Chu, Kyrgyzstan. Tipo - Nessuno. Sintipi - molti (ubicazione non riportata).

Esox lucius var. atrox Anikin, 1902. Review of a research trip to Narymskij District in the year 1900. Izvestiya Tomskogo Imperatorslago Universiteta v. 22: 1-121. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Berg 1948:458, Kottelat 1997:95, Kottelat 2006:26. Località tipo - Bacino del fiume Ob, Siberia, Russia. Tipo - Olotipo ZMUT non catalogato. Paratipi - ZMUT non catalogati.

Esox australis Valenciennes, 1846. In Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. Catalogo - Bertin & Estève 1950:5. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, secondo gli autori del Catalog of fishes della California Academy of Sciences. Località tipo -  Località ignota, non in Australia (vedere Whitley 1943:130). Tipo - Olotipo (unico) MNHN B-0960.

Esox reichertii var. baicalensis Dybowski, 1874. Die Fische des Baical-Wassersystemes. Verh. K.-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 383-394; v. 24 (n° 3-4) 392. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Berg 1948:458, Kottelat 1997:95, Sideleva 2001:47, Sideleva 2003:12, Kottelat 2006:26. Località tipo - Bacino del lago Baikal, Russia. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Esox lucius bergi Kaganowsky, 1933. Commercial fishes of the Anadyr River and Liman. Vest. Dal'nev. Fil. Akad. Nauk 3-4, (n° 1-3) 4. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Berg 1948:458, Kottelat 1997:95, Kottelat 2006:26. Località tipo - Fiume Anadyr, Siberia, Russia. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Esox boreus Agassiz, 1850. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions.: i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Scott & Crossman 1998:363. Località tipo - Coste settentrionali del Lago Superiore. Tipo - Nessuno. Sintipi - Ubicazione ignota.

Esox depraudus Lesueur, 1846. In Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, secondo gli autori del Catalog of fishes della California Academy of Sciences. Località tipo - Wabash River, New Harmony, Indiana, U.S.A. Tipo - Olotipo (unico) MNHN A-0793.

Esox estor Lesueur, 1818. Description of several new species of the genus Esox of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 2): 413-417. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Smith 1986:251, Scott & Crossman 1998:363. Località tipo - Lago Erie, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Esox lucioides Agassiz & Girard, 1850. In Herbert 1850. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing; 359 pp. 154. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Scott & Crossman 1998:363. Località tipo - Lago Superiore, Nord America. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Esox lugubrosus Lesueur, 1846. In Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, secondo gli autori del Catalog of fishes della California Academy of Sciences. Località tipo - Cumberland District, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.. Tipo - Nessuno.

Esox lucius variegatus Fitzinger, 1832. Ueber die Ausarbeitung einer Fauna des Erzherzogthumes Oesterreich, nebst einer systematischen Aufzählung der in diesem Lande vorkommenden Säugethiere, Reptilien und Fische.... Beitraege zur Landesk. von Oesterreich v. 1: 280-340. Trattato da Kottelat (1997:95) come nome infrasubspecifico non disponibile. Combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - In sinonimia di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Kottelat 1997:95. Provenienza del materiale - Fiume Danubio e laghi Erlaph e Schwarzensee, Austria.

Luccius vorax Rafinesque, 1810.  Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. Messina. Indice Ittiol. Sicil. 1-70; 68. Nuovo nome non necessario per Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - In sinonimia di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Kottelat 1997:95.

Esox lucius lucius natio wiliunensis Kirillov, 1962. Ichthyofauna of the Vilyui River basin. Trudy Instituta Biologii / Akademiia Nauk SSSR, i Akutskiii filial. v. 8: 5-71. Nome infrasubspecifico non disponibile, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - In sinonimia di Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758, vedere Kottelat 1997:95. Provenienza del materiale - Bacino del fiume Vilyui, Yakutia, Siberia.

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