Walleye vs Zander?

Is there a difference between walleye and zander? A restaurant in
Milwaukee, WI was advertising Canadian walleye, but it turns out the
fish were European zander...

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Is there a difference between walleye and zander? A restaurant in
Milwaukee, WI was advertising Canadian walleye, but it turns out the
fish were European zander...

D

They are probably different to an ichthyologist.
But to most people they physically
appear very very similar.

Indeed.

Same Family - Percidae. Same genus.

Different species.

Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)

Zander ( Stizostedion lucioperca)

-A.C.

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Is there a difference between walleye and zander? A restaurant in
Milwaukee, WI was advertising Canadian walleye, but it turns out the
fish were European zander...

D

They are probably different to an ichthyologist.
But to most people they physically
appear very very similar.

Is there a difference between walleye and zander? A restaurant in
Milwaukee, WI was advertising Canadian walleye, but it turns out the
fish were European zander...

The TV news and papers here in the Twin Cities had a filed day with
this story, and the MN commerce dept had even stepped in. Couple of
restaurants even went as far as having "taste tests" between the two,
fueled by cheap beer - dunno how good a taste test would be under those
condx - The average consumer wouldn't be able to tell them apart as
served batter fried.

Upshot of the whole deal is that most all restaurants hereabouts have
gone back to commercial fished canadian walleye.

FWIW I like 'em both, but I've only ever fished walleye here in MN and
up in NW ON (lake wabigoon near Dryden for them what cares)

Dave