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Record 1 2012-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Walleye (Sander vitreus, formerly Stizostedion vitreum) is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch.

OBS

The walleye is sometimes also called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is an extinct subspecies formerly found in the southern Great Lakes.

OBS

A fish of the family Percidae.

OBS

walleye: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Key term(s)
  • wall-eye
  • yellow wall-eye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Poisson d'eau douce, de la famille des Percidae (perches), qu'on trouve dans les cours d'eau de l'Amérique du Nord.

OBS

doré jaune : Nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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