What is Sander?
'''''Sander''''' (formerly known as '''''Stizostedion''''') is a genus of predatory [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] in the family [[Percidae]]. They are also known as '''[[Pike-perch|pike-perches]]'''. == Characteristics == The species have elongated and laterally compressed bodies and they range in total length from 45 cm (18 in) in the Volga pikeperch (''S. volgensis'') to 130 cm (51 in) in the zander (''S. lucioperca''). == Species == The five species are: * ''[[Sauger|Sander canadensis]]'' <small>Griffith & Smith, 1834</small> (sauger) * ''[[Zander|Sander lucioperca]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758</small> (zander) * ''[[Sander marinus]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|G. Cuvier]], 1828</small> (estuarine perch) * ''[[Walleye|Sander vitreus]]'' <small>Mitchill, 1818</small> (walleye) * ''[[Volga pikeperch|Sander volgensis]]'' <small>J. F. Gmelin, 1789</small> (Volga pikeperch) [[Category:Perciformes]]