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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Esox masquinongy | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Demersal | Demersal |
| Esox masquinongy | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Non-adhesive | Non-Adhesive |
| Esox masquinongy | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Newly hatched young lack the swim-up and vegetation-attachment behavior characteristic of other esocid larvae. Instead they remain quiescent at the bottom, becoming active only after yolk-sac cosumption | Demersal |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Areas 37-50 deep up to over 3 m | 43.5 m |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Frequently spawns in vegetated areas but also dense beds of stonewort growing over floculent marl substrate. Different types of spawning habitat are utilized in different waters | Lithophils |
| Esox niger | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Initially demersal but become semibuoyant by the eyed stage | Demersal |
| Esox niger | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Temporarily adhesive, but lose this characteristic after water hardening | Adhesive |
| Esox niger | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Possess a cephalic cement gland, used for attachment to macrophytes during yolk sac absorption | Demersal |