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Walleye

Sander vitreus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1,021, February 1,047, March 1,657, April 3,243, May 6,230, June 2,920, July 2,198, August 1,988, September 2,091, October 1,711, November 1,070, December 955.
United States90,443
Canada27,598
Ontario26,129
Pennsylvania24,866
New York11,506
Wisconsin8,428
Michigan6,361
West Virginia3,456
New Jersey3,255
Ohio1,821

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPerches, Darters, and allies · Percidae
GenusPikeperches · Sander

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