Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Percidae > Subfamily Luciopercinae > Genus Sander

Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sander*	Oken, 1817	accepted genus name
*Lucioperca*	Schinz, 1822	synonym
*Stizostedion*	Rafinesque, 1820	synonym

Species group names

*Perca vitrea*	Mitchill, 1818	synonym
*Stizostedion vitreum*	(Mitchill, 1818)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: walleye sources: Sawatzky, C.D., D. Michalak, J.D. Reist, T.J. Carmichael, N.E. Mandrak & L.G. Heuring. 2007. Distributions of freshwater and anadromous fishes from the mainland Northwest Territories, Canada. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat Sci. 2793: xiv + 239 p.

French: doré jaune

Literature

additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275311