Walleye
species of fish
Walleye (Sander vitreus) is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Percidae |
| Genus: | Sander |
| Species: | S. vitreus
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| Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818)
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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.
References
change- "Sander vitreus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 19 March 2006.
- Boyd Huppert (December 7, 2004). "Walleye or Zander? What are you really eating?" KARE.
- FishBase information on Walleye
- ↑ NatureServe (2015). "Sander vitreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 4.1 (4.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
Other websites
change- Nativefish.org article about the blue walleye Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Information about Sander vitreus from the University of Minnesota Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
