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YELLOW WALLEYE [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Stizostedion vitreum glaucum
Latin
CONT

This species [vitreum glaucum, or walleye] consists, or did until recently, of two subspecies, the yellow walleye, Stizostedion v. vitreum and the blue walleye, Stizostedion v. glaucum.

OBS

The term "blue pike" is used in the Lake Erie area only.

Key term(s)
  • Stizostedion glaucum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Stizostedion vitreum glaucum
Latin
OBS

Sous-espèce du doré (Stizostedion vitreum), probablement disparue, qui vivait dans les lacs Erié et Ontario.

Key term(s)
  • Stizostedion glaucum

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
Sander vitreus
Latin
Stizostedion vitreum
Latin
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)
Sander vitreus
Latin
Stizostedion vitreum
Latin
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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Record 3 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Mirex. Generic name for dodecachlorooctahydro-1,3,4-metheno-2H-cyclobuta(c,d)pentalene, C10Cl12. Properties: White odorless crystals; soluble in benzene and dioxane; insoluble in water; decomposition at 485°C ... Uses: Systemic insecticide, effective against fire ants, but nonselective. Use has been restricted. May be carcinogenic.

CONT

Some cases in point are the contaminated yellow perch, pike and walleye in Lake St. Louis, the mercury and PAH contamination of shellfish in the Saguenay fjord and in English Bay at Baie Comeau, the contamination of St. Lawrence eel by pesticides such as mirex and DDT and the contamination of the beluga population by a variety of organochlorines.

OBS

dodecachloropentacyclo[5.3.0.02,6.03,9.04,8] decane: In this name, the numbers in the descriptor inserted in square brackets must be interpreted as follows: 5.3.0.02,6.03,9.O4,8.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Mirex. Cristaux blancs [...] Insoluble eau; soluble benzène [...] Toxique. Utilisation - Insecticide.

CONT

À titre d'exemple, qu'il suffise de mentionner les cas de contamination de la Perchaude, du Brochet et du Doré dans le lac Saint-Louis, le cas de la contamination des crustacés par le mercure et les HAP dans le fjord du Saguenay et dans la baie des Anglais à Baie-Comeau, le cas de l'Anguille du Saint-Laurent, contaminée par des pesticides comme le mirex et le DDT et la contamination de la population de Bélugas par différents composés organochlorés.

OBS

dodécachloropentacyclo-[5.3.0.02,6.03,9.04,8] décane : la série de chiffres qui se retrouve entre les termes dodécachloropentacyclo et décane est entre crochets et s'écrit de la façon suivante : 5.3.0.02,6.O3,9.O4,8.

Spanish

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