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Walleye
Walleye painting.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Sander
Species:
vitreus
Subspecies

Walleye (Sander vitreus) is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States.

It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch.

The walleye is sometimes also called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is an extinct subspecies formerly found in the southern Great Lakes.

  • Boyd Huppert (December 7, 2004). "Walleye or Zander? What are you really eating?" KARE.

Images for kids

  • Sander vitreus

    Walleye, Sander vitreus

  • Walleye weight length graph

    Weight and length of walleyes

  • Walleye larva (8741578944)

    Walleye larva

  • Okacic

    Fresh walleye being cooked over a fire

  • Garrison Big Fish

    Large walleye statue at Lake Mille Lacs in Garrison, Minnesota

See also

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