| Common name | Common pike |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | mod. for abundance |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Common', i.e., alluding to the frequency of occurrence of the species in freshwaters of its range; 'pike' from Old English 'pic', in allusion to the long pointed jaws of this species (p. 394 in Ref. 11979). |