Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Percidae | Sander vitreus | (Mitchill) | 1818 | Walleye |
Sander vitreus
Unique Characteristics: First (spinous) dorsal fin with a dark spot on the last 1 or 2 interradial membranes; dorsal fin with no black spots. White-tipped lower lobe of caudal fin. Cheeks sparsely scaled.
Similar Species:
Sauger Sander canadensis. First (spinous) dorsal fin with no dark spot on the last 1 or 2 interradial membranes; dorsal fin with small black spots. Lower lobe of caudal fin not white tipped. Cheeks usually well and closely scaled.
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