A freshwater fish native to most of Canada and the northern United States. It is largely olive and gold in color, with a large, sharply toothed mouth and pearlescent eyes produced by a reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum. It typically grows to about 80 centimeters and 9 kilograms, with the largest recorded specimen reaching 107 centimeters and 13 kilograms, and lives in lakes and rivers, favoring deeper water in warm summers and tolerating turbid or stained water. Young walleye eat invertebrates before becoming almost entirely fish eaters after forty to sixty days, taking yellow perch and ciscoes along with crayfish, minnows and leeches.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Classification
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Source Walleye (Wikidata)
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Source Wikipedia: Walleye
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Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Sander vitreus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyBehavior and biology text
They live mainly in the littoral and sublittoral layers of lakes (although they make short, daily migrations to the pelagic layer), moving deeper into the sublittoral layers during the daylight hours in keeping with their nocturnal lifestyles.
Primary Diet, Sander vitreus
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikipedia: Walleye
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q1462862 (P225 taxon name)
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 344442
The species has been artificially propagated for over a century and has been planted on top of existing populations or introduced into waters naturally devoid of the species, sometimes reducing the ov
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- In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "ion 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 th..."
In Ecosystem: Great Lakes, Taxonomy
Hubbs described a taxon called the blue walleye (S. glaucus) from the Great Lakes but subsequent taxonomic work showed no consistent differences between this form and the "yellow" walleye and the blue walleye is now considered to be a synonym and color variant of the walleye.
View the Source 4. Walleye (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)
Wikidata Q1462862: least concern (P141).
- Child Taxon Of: Perciformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Sander vitreus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
6. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Sander vitreus
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of LiverpoolLifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity 29 years (wild)
Life history traits (averages): Adult weight
Adult weight 11,000 g
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