Editing Chain pickerel (section)

==Reproduction==
Spawning occurs in flooded vegetation at the end of winter or beginning of spring<ref name="Kirk"/><ref name="ADorg"/> when the water temperature is between {{convert|2|-|22|C|F}}.<ref name="ADorg"/>  A secondary fall spawning has been reported in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Ross">{{cite book|last=Ross|first=Stephen T.|title=Inland Fishes of Mississippi|year=2001|publisher=Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks|isbn=1-57806-246-2|pages=336–338}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Miller|first=Jack G.|year=1962|journal=Transactions of the American Fisheries Society|volume=91|issue=3|pages=323|doi=10.1577/1548-8659(1962)91[323:OORCPI]2.0.CO;2|title=Occurrence of Ripe Chain Pickerel in the Fall}}</ref>  Fertilization is external and eggs and sperm are mixed by the adults' tail movements.<ref name="Ross"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Armbruster|first=Daniel C.|title=Observations on the Natural History of the Chain Pickerel (''Esox niger'')|journal=The Ohio Journal of Science|volume=59|issue=1|pages=55–58|year=1959|hdl=1811/4599 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1811/4599|access-date=11 December 2022|issn=0030-0950}}</ref>  Up to 50,000 eggs may be released by the female.<ref name="ADorg"/>  No parental care is provided, and the eggs hatch between six and twelve days after they are laid.<ref name="Ross"/>  The fry possess adhesive glands on their snouts that they use to attach to vegetation.<ref name="Ross"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Underhill|first=A.H.|title=Studies on the Development, Growth and Maturity of the Chain Pickerel, ''Esox niger'' Lesueur|journal=The Journal of Wildlife Management|volume=13|issue=4|year=1949|pages=377–391|doi=10.2307/3795630|jstor=3795630}}</ref>  It takes six to eight days for the fry to absorb their [[yolk]] sac, at which point they begin to actively hunt.<ref name="ADorg"/>