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Walleye
Sander vitreus
Perches (Percidae)
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ID Feature 1: Side View
ID Feature 2: Mouth
ID Feature 3: Tail
ID Feature 4: Dorsal Fin
ID Feature 5: Dorsal Fin
ID Feature 6: Pyloric Caecae
The sides are olive mottled, the mouth is large with teeth, the 1st dorsal is dusky, there is a white patch on the tail.
Close-up mouth: The mouth is large extending to the middle of the eye and has prominent teeth, the cheek is sparsely scaled.
Close-up tail: There is a white patch on the edge of the lower lobe.
Close-up dorsal fin: Notice the dusky pigment (no spots) on the membrane, the last 2 membranes jet black.
Close-up dorsal fin: Notice that the dorsal fin is soft and that it has 18-21 fin rays.
There are 3 relatively long pyloric caecae.
