Walleye (Sander vitreum)
Other Names Walleyed Perch Description Stizostedion is Greek and vitreum is Latin, meaning "pungent throat" and "glass", respectively. The latter is probably a reference to the species' large eyes.
Walleye biology and identification
Walleye
The walleye averages 1 to 2 pounds in most waters, though it occasionally exceeds 10. The torpedo-shaped fish ranges from dark olive brown to yellowish gold, its sides often marked with brassy flecks.
Walleye
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
or walleyed pike: see perch.
More on Walleye
Perch - common name for some members of the family Percidae, symmetrical freshwater fishes of N Europe, Asia, and North America.
Walleye - Illustration & Brief Facts
Walleye: Fact Sheet [PDF 923KB] (August, 1989, 6 pages).
Wisconsin's Walleye Management Plan [PDF 3.2MB]
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Walleye: (Stizostedion vitreum)
Description
Originally native to far north in Canada and Labrador, west of the Appalachian Mountains through the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, then west to Kansas, Nebraska and North Dakota.
Walleye Behaviour
No observations regarding Walleye behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Walleye ...
Walleye
The Walleye (Sander vitreus vitreus, formerly Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) 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.
Walleye
Oregon-Washington Walleye on the Columbia River The epic habitat of the Columbia River provides this toothy predator room to grow to enormous sizes, by Glenn Summers ...
Walleye (Average Size 8-15 Inches) Member of the Perch family. Prefer lakes and rivers with deep water and gravel, sand or rock bottoms. Walleye's are a schooling fish.
Baits: Lures such as plugs, spoons, spinners and jigs.
Walleye tracking at Lake Monroe
Hybrid striped bass tracking at Lake Monroe
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Walleye taste great but are not especially hard-fighting sport fish.
As A Group: ...
Also known as walleye, these big fighting perch can be hooked in the Mackenzie River watershed as far north as the Delta, and the tributary streams and rivers of Great Slave Lake. They can weigh up to 2.3 kg (5 lbs).
Alaska pollock or walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
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The commercial fishing of walleye pollock in the Bering Sea may impact northern fur seal populations because of reduced food availability, ...
Paul area of Minnesota in the United States were serving imported zander instead of the closely related North American walleye (the state fish, and a popular food in the region).
The yellow perch is in the same family as the walleye and sauger, but in a different family from the white perch.
Threats to Survival
: Predators of largemouth bass include herons, loons, mergansers, larger fish such as pike, walleye and muskellunge, and human anglers. Erosion may destroy habitat as they do not thrive in muddy water.
The diet of the Northern Hemisphere humpback whales consists of planktonic crustaceans and small schooling fish such as herring, capelin, pink salmon, Arctic cod, walleye pollack, sardine, mackerel, anchovy and haddock.
Some species, such as the Yellow Perch and the Walleye, have sawtoothlike edges on their cheekbones. The Yellow Perch lives in schools in deep water and moves into shallower water to feed at dawn and dusk.
Steller sea lions are skilled and opportunistic marine predators of squid and fish. One of their prey, the walleye pollack, is commercially exploited and the resulting competition for resources may help explain the recent, ...
 See also: Perch, Pike, Trout, Salmon, Angler
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