Tiger Muskie

The Tiger Muskellunge, commonly called Tiger Muskie, is a carnivorous fish, and is the sterile hybrid offspring of the true Muskellunge and the Northern Pike. It is produced in hatcheries throughout North America and is commonly stocked as a biological control for unwanted fish species. Tiger Muskie, like Pike and Muskellunge, have long, cylindrical-shaped bodies. They have skinny and compressed heads and the bottom jaw is elongated with an upward curve, known as a duckbill-shape. Its pattern is varying amounts of color with vertical dark stripes and spots on a light background, the opposite color scheme of a Northern Pike.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius
CLASSIFICATION: Fish
LIFE SPAN: 6-12 Years
SIZE: 12-40” | 1-18lbs
STATE CONSERVATION STATUS: Unprotected
FEDERAL CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
GAME STATUS: Game

Washoe
Humboldt
Pershing
Churchill
Mineral
Lyon
Douglas
Carson City
Storey

Elko
Lander
Eureka
White Pine

Esmeralda
Nye
Lincoln
Clark

Habitat & Range

Tiger Muskie live in fresh water and its range extends to Canada, the Northeast, and the Midwest of the United States. It is currently stocked in Chimney Reservoir as a means of biological control for other fish species.

Threats

Disease

Natural History

Tiger Muskie is a usually-sterile hybrid of the muskellunge and northern pike. The species lives in cold, fresh waters. They originated in Canada and is now found throughout the mid-westand west. Tiger muskie is a carnivorous fish . The species hides in shallow brush waiting to ambush it’s prey.