Title

Northern Pike

Caption

Northern Pike (Esox lucius) four adults, spawning in flooded former granite quarry, Stoney Cove, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 04, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jack Perks

Reference

BRK22D17_214

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,5Mb (1,6Mb) / 17,7in x 11,7in / 5315 x 3520 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals 4 Bony fish Bony fishes British Clupeocephala England Esociformes Esox lucius Europe Fish Fishes Granite quarry Neopterygii North Europe Northern Europe Northern pike Osteichthyes Pickerel Pike Pikes Pisces Two Animals abandoned adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour body of water closed copula copulate copulating copulation couple couples decommissionin deserted desolate desolated disused dreary drearyness egg egg deposition egg depositions eggs fauna female female animal female animals females former formerly forsaken four freshwater fish granite granite cliff granite rock granite rocks granites habitat laying eggs maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat out out of service out-of-service outdoor outdoors outside oviposition pair pair of animals pairing predator reproduction reproductions rock rocks rutting season several sex sexual intercourse shut down social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spawning the rocks two under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited unoccupied vacant water animal water animals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Euteleostei Great Britain Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes Teleost Teleostei UK United Kingdom euteleosts gray grey monochromatic monochrome monotonous quarries quarry spawn spawning water spawning waters spawns teleosts water waters