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27-701: Orkhon (Mongolian: Орхон ) may refer to: Orkhon River , Mongolia Orkhon Valley , the landscape around that river Orkhon Province , an Aimag (province) in Mongolia several Sums (districts) in different Mongolian Aimags: Orkhon, Bulgan Orkhon, Darkhan-Uul Orkhon, Selenge Orkhon script , a historic script of Turkic origin Orkhon inscriptions , inscriptions of Bilge Kagan, Kül Tiğin, and Tonyukuk in Unicode Orhun (name) , list of people named

54-518: A large fish) and appears to be cognate with Celtic , Welsh eog and Irish Gaelic iasc (fish), as well as alpine Gaulic *esosk which is consistent with the original indoeuropean root for the common word for fish, *pei(k)sk . Pliny uses the Latin form Esox in reference to a large fish in the Rhine normally identified with Salmonidae ( lax or salmon). Carolus Linnæus attributes Esox to

81-400: A strike is recommended as soon as a bite is indicated. Otherwise, what is known as gut hooking will result, which will normally kill or seriously injure the fish. Dutch research shows that cutting the line immediately when the fish is gut hooked will still give low mortality (14%). The hooks in the gut or stomach were either encapsulated or removed from the body. Placing hooks near the rear of

108-667: A target for hungry pike. Pike are also known to prey on swimming snakes . They are, however, undeserving of their reputation for being overly vicious predators. There have been some incidents of pike "attacks" on people. Pike's further reputation as a pest seems to lie predominantly amongst a small handful of anglers and fishery managers who think that invasive species of pike are a threat to native rough fish and also other sport fish. Effective methods for catching this hard-fighting fish include dead baits, live baits, and lure fishing. Pike can easily be damaged when handled since they are not as robust as their reputation would suggest and have

135-501: A very sensitive slime coat. Since pike have numerous sharp teeth it is wise to take extreme care when unhooking them. The use of a wet leather gauntlet and surgical forceps to remove hooks is highly recommended on safety grounds. If practicing catch and release fishing, care for the pike should be the pike angler's utmost concern. The formerly recommended practice of grasping a pike by its eye sockets (misinterpreted as "its eyes") resulted in numerous released pike that quickly died from

162-452: A wide range of food sources, predominantly smaller shoal fish . Pike are also cannibalistic, sometimes preying upon smaller members of their own species. This can be seen clearly in the northern pike . They will also prey on insects and amphibians such as newts or frogs in times when their usual food is scarce, and occasionally on small mammals like moles or mice when caught water-borne. Small birds such as ducklings may become

189-568: Is also pike. A Northern English and Lowland Scots name for the pike, ged , similarly derives from Old Norse gaddr (spike) (cf. the modern Swedish name for the pike, gädda , the Danish "gedde", the Norwegian "gjedde" and Scottish Gaelic : geadais ). The Dutch name for the pike ( snoek ) has been given to a wide variety of fish reminding sailors of the pike (see snoek, snook ). The English "pike" originally referred specifically to

216-679: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Orkhon River The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or" meaning "middle", and "khan" or king. It rises in the Khangai Mountains in the Tsenkher sum of Arkhangai aimag at the foot of the Suvraga Khairkhan mountain. From there, it crosses the border into Övörkhangai aimag and follows

243-661: Is more akin to walleye than to pike. Pike are also called "jackfish" in North America and informally "slough shark" in Western Canada. Currently, seven recognized species are placed in this genus: Hybrids between Esox masquinongy and Esox lucius are well-known and referred to as the tiger muskellunge . The oldest fossil species of Esox is Esox tiemani , from the late Paleocene aged Paskapoo Formation of Canada, which differs little from modern species. Other fossil species include Esox kronneri , from

270-668: Is the type genus of the family Esocidae . The type species of the genus is Esox lucius , the northern pike . Esox have a fossil record extending back to the Paleocene . Modern large pike species are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic realms , ranging across Northern America and from Western Europe to Siberia in North Asia . Pike have the elongated, torpedo -like shape typical of predatory fishes , with sharply pointed heads and sharp teeth. Their coloration

297-464: Is typically grey-green with a mottled or spotted appearance with stripes along their backs, providing camouflage among underwater weeds, and each individual pike marking patterns are unique like fingerprints. Pikes can grow to a maximum recorded length of 1.50 m (5 ft), reaching a maximum recorded weight of 67lb 8oz. The generic name Esox (pike fish) derives from the Greek ἴσοξ ( ee-soks ,

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324-556: Is usually blazoned either naiant (swimming), embowed (bowed) or hauriant (jumping), though pairs of lucies may appear addorsed (back to back), as in the arms of the Finnish town of Uusikaupunki ( Argent, two lucies addorsed azure ). In George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels, both the seat and the highborn bastards of the Iron Islands are named "Pyke", likely inspired by

351-793: The Eocene of the Green River formation , and Esox nogaicus , is known from the Pleistocene of Ukraine , and species from the Miocene ( Esox sibiricus ) and Pliocene ( Esox moldavicus ) deposits from Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Moldavia. Two additional fossil species, both from the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, are placed in their own genera: Estesesox foxi ( Santonian to Campanian ), and Oldmanesox canadensis (Campanian to Maastrichtian ). Pike feed on

378-708: The Russian border. The Selenge then flows further north into Russia and Lake Baikal . With 1,124 km (698 mi), the Orkhon is longer than the Selenge, making it the longest river in Mongolia. Major tributaries of the Orkhon river are the Tuul River and Tamir River . There are two sets of ancient ruins along the river valley: Khar Balgas , the ancient capital of the Uyghur Kingdom and Karakorum ,

405-536: The Sheksna River . Russian fairy tales, on the other hand, also tell about an old wise pike that can fulfil wishes of the one who catches it, if its catcher releases it back into its habitat. In the Finnish Kalevala , Väinämöinen creates a kantele (string instrument) from the jawbone of a pike. In heraldry , the pike is called a lucy (English heraldry) or a ged (Scottish heraldry). It

432-532: The Victor III class and Akula class are called the Shchuka (Щука, "pike") class in Russian . The Soviet Iosif Stalin tank (IS-3) was also nicknamed Shchuka , in reference to its sharply pointed hull front. Russian mythology holds that the pike is one of several forms assumed by evil water spirits called vodyanoy , and a ravenous mythical pike is traditionally blamed for decimating the fish population in

459-579: The gaff and the gag. The gaff is a metal hook on the end of a pole used to hook through the fish's body in place of a more humane landing net. A gag is a device for holding open the pike's mouth whilst unhooking. These are now illegal in Scotland, as they put a huge amount of pressure on a pike's jaw, thus causing irreparable damage. The taste of pike and pickerel is highly esteemed, but the "multitude of long, fine, forked bones" are problematic. The dish of quenelles de brochet (pike dumplings), which puts

486-689: The Turkish version of Orkhon Orkhoe, the Greek word for Uruk , a prominent Sumerian city-state Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Orkhon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orkhon&oldid=1256075122 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Mongolian-language text Short description

513-485: The adult fish, the diminutive form " pickerel " (now used to name some of the smaller pike species, e.g. E. americanus and E. niger ) referring to the young. The walleye ( Sander vitreus ) is sometimes called a pickerel or a walleyed pike, but it is unrelated to the pike, being a member of the perch family ( Percidae ). Pike are not to be confused with the unrelated pikeminnows of genus Ptychocheilus (family Cyprinidae ) or pikeperch ( Sander lucioperca ) which

540-584: The ancient capital of the Mongol Empire . Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov excavated several Xiongnu Imperial tombs in the area of the river valley. Fish in the Orkhon River include pike , carp , perch , taimen and catfish . UNESCO lists the Orkhon Valley as a World Heritage Site . Esox Esox is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel . It

567-415: The bait reduces the risk of deep hooking. To minimize injury from gut hooking the hook should be taken out from the gills where you will insert your pliers or forceps. Grab as close to the base of the hook as you can and rotate the eye of the hook toward the bottom of the fish's mouth and be removed carefully as to not rehook the fish. Other methods of catching and handling pike that are now frowned upon are

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594-417: The belly. When a pike is held this way it is also easier to keep the mouth open to remove a hook. Some anglers now use special grips to grab the pike's front lower jaw, which can add to the safety of an angler because of the danger imposed by the hooks of the lure or tackle and the pike's teeth. However, these can cause serious damage to a pike's lower jaw. The Pike Anglers Club was formed in 1977 to campaign for

621-441: The inability to see prey any longer. The current recommended method of grasping pike is to close the hand firmly over the gill covers , and to make the period of handling as short as possible before release. Grabbing a pike by the gill covers is not feasible when a pike is very big, but it is easy to handle a pike by inserting the fingers at the bottom of the gill opening and grabbing the lower jaw. Big pike should also be supported at

648-469: The meat through a sieve, was invented to deal with this. Indeed, Escoffier believed, falsely, that quenelles had completely displaced the whole fish from the menu. Two United States Navy submarines have been named Pike – SS-6 of 1903 and SS-173 of 1935 – and three – SS-22 of 1912, SS-177 of 1936, and SS-524 of 1944 – named Pickerel . In addition, the Soviet submarines known to NATO as

675-459: The pike fish which is of similar form and appearance but taxonomically different from the salmon forms, whereas the first mention of Esox as a marine animal appears in the writings of Hesychius . The English common name "pike" is an apparent shortening of "pike-fish", in reference to its pointed head, as the Old English word píc originally referring to a pickaxe . The plural of pike

702-430: The preservation of pike and the sport of pike fishing. Pike are susceptible to gut hooking when fished for with natural bait. Upon taking the bait, the pike will hold it for a short time in its mouth as it moves off. The pike will then, usually, turn the bait in its mouth, so that it sits in alignment with its throat to ease swallowing. It is recommended that when pike fishing the process is not allowed to go this far and

729-638: The upper Orkhon valley in an eastern direction until it reaches Kharkhorin . On this stretch, very close to the Orkhon, the Ulaan Tsutgalan river features a waterfall , ten metres (33 ft) wide and twenty metres (66 ft) high, which is a popular destination for tourists. From Kharkhorin it flows northwards until it reaches Bulgan aimag , and then north-east to join the Selenge River next to Sükhbaatar city in Selenge aimag , close to

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