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SpeciesPerciformesPercidae
Fish

🐟Zander

Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758)

The zander, sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. As a popular game fish, it has been introduced to a variety of localities outside its native range. It is the type species of the genus Sander.

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Measurements
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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
11 kg
Body length
0.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
16 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Zander

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
11 kgrecord 20 kg Β· FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge Β· AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) Β· CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.5 mrecord 1 m Β· FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase Β· v25.04 Β· CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
16 yearsrecord 17 years Β· FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge Β· AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) Β· CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.04
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Source: FishBase Β· v25.04, estimate table Β· CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.04 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
potential pest
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Source: FishBase Β· v25.04 Β· CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
11 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Zander yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. β€ΊphylumChordata
  3. β€ΊorderPerciformes
  4. β€ΊfamilyPercidae
  5. β€ΊgenusSander
  6. β€ΊspeciesSander lucioperca
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familyPercidae
  4. subfamilyLuciopercinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familyPercidae
  11. subfamilyLuciopercinae
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In other languages
sandacz pospolity (pl), Sandre (fr), 白播吻鱸 (zh), smuΔ‘ (hr), Sander lucioperca (ca), Zander (de) … and 25 more languages

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