Its mouth is large and toothed. Lower jaw is longer than upper jaw. Back fine and anus fin are close to tail fin. In sexually matured northern pikes, average length ranges between 25 and 45 cm. There is even 130-cm northern pike.
Northern pike prefers clear and warm waters of the rivers and lakes with gravelled bottoms.
They are common around the coasts wi th dense plants and reeds. Northern pikes living in entire Marmara Region, some lakes and rivers of Black Sea, Aegean and Central Anatolian, are not migrant. They live in Eymir and Mogan lakes, in Kesikk pr and Kapulukay dam reservoirs around Ankara, Bal k Dam at the Eski ehir zmir crossroad at Sivrihisar, and Uluabat lakes of Bursa. Northern pike is areal carnivorous creature. It feeds on small fishes including its species as well as frogs, bug larvae, waterfowls and small rodents swimming in the water.