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Wisconsin State Fish
Wisconsin State Fish: Muskellunge
Credit: Timothy Knepp, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wisconsin Law
The following information was excerpted from the Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 1, Section 1.10(3)(g).
CHAPTER 1 SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OF THE STATE
1.10 State song, state ballad, state waltz, state dance, and state symbols.
1.10(3)(g)
(g) The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchell) is the state fish.
Sources...
The Updated Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations. Wisconsin State Legislature. 2009. 20 March 2009
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.
Wisconsin State Fish: Muskellunge
Credit: Eric Engbretson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Additional Information
The Muskellunge: Wisconsin State Fish: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Muskellunge: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
Esox masquinongy: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.
Esox masquinongy (Mitchill, 1824): Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2009).
Esox masquinongy - Mitchill, 1824: NatureServe Explorer: An Encyclopedia of Life Online.
Esox masquinongy (Mitchill, 1824): Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
State Fish: Complete list of official state fish.
More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official Wisconsin state symbols.
Go Fish Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Fishing in Wisconsin: Muskellunge: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Fish of Wisconsin Field Guide
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A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, by Lawrence M. Page, Brooks M. Burr. 440 pages. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (January 1, 1991) The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of key details.
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Northern Pike and Muskie: Tackle and Techniques for Catching Trophy Pike and Muskies, by Dick Sternberg. 160 pages. Creative Publishing international (May 27, 1992) Loaded with a wealth of information on pike and muskies along with hundreds of full color photos that will help you catch them more consistently.
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