Sander (genus)

Sander (genus)

Taxobox
name = Sander (pike-perch)


image_width = 310px
image_caption = Walleye ("Sander vitreus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Percidae
genus = "Sander"
genus_authority = Oken, 1817
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
"(see text)"

"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

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External links

* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=360 FishBase list of "Sander" species]
* [http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3098 UN True Name for Pike Perch]


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