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Zander

Sander lucioperca

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 7,135, February 5,270, March 8,257, April 12,990, May 18,730, June 20,424, July 21,855, August 18,795, September 13,799, October 10,300, November 5,628, December 4,399.
United States147,596
Alaska147,582
Russia320
Ukraine72
France71
Finland54
Netherlands54
Germany42
Austria33
Italy29

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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