The amur pike (Esox reicherti Dybowski) in Fishes of the Amur Basin (results of the Ichthylogical Expedition to the Amur Region, 1945-1949 by G. V. Nikolsky, 1956) (Fisheries research report: 1787)

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1947), doubtless there are several groups of fish living in relatively
separate regions.
Distribution of fish
The Amur pike is distributed in the basins of rivers Tugur
Uda, Suifun, Tim, and Poronaia (on Sahalin), and also through the
whole Amur basin from the mountains to Amur Bay. The pike is found
in lakes Buir Nur, Arguna, Shilka, Onona, and Ingoda. It is absent only
in the upper flows of Amur River tributaries, which have mountain stream
characteristics. In basins of Ingoda and Onona, pike are found only in
lakes which are separated from the Amur River. Pike exist in Lake
Kenon. It is numerous in Ussura (in Hanka Lake) and Sungara.
Way of living
The Amur pike is a common fish of the Amur region and one of
the basic commercial fishes. After spawning, which takes place in
April-May on flooded shore vegetation, adult pike partially stay in coastal
zones and partially migrate in lakes where they inhabit open waters. A
number of them also go into the Amur River bed; here they commonly
inhabit parts of the river close to shallows where water flow is slow.
Such waters are usually rich with fry of different fish, as well as with
adult Cebak (Leuciscus waleckii Dyb.) and podust-chernobrinshka
(Xenocypris macrolepis) on which pike feed. By fall, pike migrate
from lakes and tributaries to the Amur River bed. However, part of the
population, the exception noticed in fish of Chinese faunal complex, does

1Scientific names added by translator.