Zander vs. Walleye — What's the Difference?

The zander (Sander lucioperca), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia.

The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, 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 zander, also known as the pikeperch.

A food and game fish (Sander lucioperca) of Europe and western Asia, found in fresh and brackish water.

Pl. walleye or wall·eyes A freshwater food and game fish (Sander vitreus) of North America, having large silvery eyes and a greenish-yellow mottled body.

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

See exotropia.

Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.

An eye or eyes affected with exotropia.

A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; - called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.

(plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.

(plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye.

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

Pike-like freshwater perches