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Name: |
Walleye |
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Other Common
Names: |
Blue pike, dore, dory, glass-eye, gray pike, green pike, jack, jackfish, jack salmon, marble-eye, pickerel, pike, pike-perch, sauger, Susquchanna salmon, walleyed perch, walleyed pickerel, walleyed pike, white eye, yellow pickerel, yellow pike perch |
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Scientific Name: |
Stizostedion vitreum |
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Diet: |
Feeds on fish, insects, crayfish, and frogs. |
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Habitat: |
Prefers large clear lakes with gravel, rock or sand bottoms, or rivers with clear water, deep pools, and rocky or firm bottom. |
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Length: |
Average length is 14 to 17 inches |
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Identification: |
Brassy olive buff above, white below; large, white glossy eyes and sharp teeth; no distinct bars or mottlings on sides, but caudal fin has white tip on lower lobe |
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Photo & text
courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |