This southern pike is a rare species found in 2011 from central and northern Italy, southeastern France and Switzerland, and it might also occur in the western Balkans.
The Aquitanian pike is a species of pike, a predatory fish native from the Charente to the Adour river drainages in the French Great South-West region, newer addition to the pike genus, discovered in 2014.
The oldest fossil species of Esox is Esox tiemani, from the late Paleocene aged Paskapoo Formation of Canada, which differs little from modern species.