Percidae

walleye

Sander vitreus

One Hundred Seven Centimeters Percid Fish of North American Waters

• Tropical
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Polar regions
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, 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 color morph that was once found in the southern Ontario and Quebec regions, but is now presumed extinct.