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Fish Species Description

Walleye

Sander vitreus

(Mitchill, 1818)

Classification

Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Alternate Names: blue pike, dory, glass eye, gray pike, marble eye, yellow walleye, walleyed pike, jack

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

The walleye is considered native to the Coosa and Tennessee basins.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Tennessee, Coosa, Chattahoochee, and Savannah River basins.

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