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Common names: Sauger
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Known from Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico), Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Ref. 41482). Also Ref. 10294.
National Checklist:
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National Fisheries Authority: https://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Percidae (Perches) > Luciopercinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

صندر كندي, 加拿大梭鲈, Sandre canadien, ... more

Main reference

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. (Ref. 5723)
References | Biblio | Coordinator | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 76.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 35.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 18 years (Ref. 72496)

Length at first maturity
L_m 32.0 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 5 - ? m (Ref. 10999)

Climate / Range

Temperate; ? - 30°C (Ref. 12741), preferred ?; 55°N - 32°N

Distribution

North America: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Alberta in Canada, and south to northern Alabama and Louisiana in the USA. Introduced into Atlantic, Gulf and southern Mississippi River drainages.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Inhabit sand and gravel runs, sandy and muddy pools and backwaters, of small to large rivers; less often in lakes and impoundments (Ref. 10294, 11003). Larvae feed on cladocera, copepods, and midge larvae, while juveniles consume fishes (Ref. 10294). Spawn between March and June (Ref. 10999) in pairs or small aggregations (Ref. 11003).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.68 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23; tmax=7)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Sander canadensis (Griffith & Smith, 1834)