Sander (pike-perch)
Walleye (Sander vitreus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Percidae Genus: Sander Oken, 1817
Species
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Sander (formerly known as Stizostedion) is a genus of fish in the Percidae (Perch) family. Also known as "pike-perch" because of their resemblance to fish in the unrelated Esocidae (Pike) family. The genus includes the following species:

• Walleye, Sander vitreus
• Zander, Sander lucioperca
• Sauger, Sander canadensis
• Estuarine perch, Sander marinus
• Volga pikeperch, Sander volgensis

References

• Sander (TSN 650162). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.

External links

• FishBase list of Sander species
• UN True Name for Pike Perch

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