#2323 · 🐟 fish

Walleye

🇳🇱 Breedbekbaars ·Sander vitreus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jacob Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Quinn · CC BY 4.0
3. © shmavin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © kary · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Emilio Concari · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Quinn · CC BY 4.0
7. Kenora District, ON, Canada:© Michael Ferguson · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Saginaw River:© Quinn · CC BY 4.0
9. Burnet County, TX, USA:© Brush F · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. St Clair River:© Quinn · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Walleye ( Sander vitreus , synonym Stizostedion 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 Zander, also known as the pikeperch. The walleye is sometimes called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is a subspecies that was once found in the southern Ontario and Quebec regions, but are now presumed extinct. However, recent genetic...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,724iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,724 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel L. Mitchill in 1818 (208 years ago).