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Sander vitreus, Walleye : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium

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Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818)

Walleye
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Common names: Blue pike, Dory, Glass eye
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Known from St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from Vermont and New Hampshire south to Alabama and Arkansas; possibly native to Mobile Bay basin (Ref. 86798). Widely introduced elsewhere, including Atlantic and Pacific drainages (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the entire Mississippi and Missouri basins (Ref. 10294). Collected from Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico), Rock Island County, Illinois (Ref. 41482). Used almost exclusively for recreational fishing (Ref. 9988). Also Ref. 1998, 5723. Status of threat as Sander vitreus glaucus: extinct; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,2,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Sandre américain, Lucioperca americana, 大眼梭鲈, ... more

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Luciopercinae
Etymology: vitreus: vitrea meaning glassy, alluding to the nature of the large, silvery eyes (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Mitchill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा बेनथोपिलाजिक; पोटामोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 0 - 27 m (Ref. 11002).   Subtropical; 1°C - 29°C (Ref. 12741); 70°N - 30°N, 137°W - 69°W (Ref. 86798)

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