pikeperch

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pikeperch Freshwater food and game fish of Central Europe, where it includes the zander, and of North America, where it is related to the walleye and sauger. A dark olive, mottled fish, the pikeperch has an elongated body and large head and mouth. Length: to 91.4cm (3ft); weight: to 11.3kg (25lb). Family Percidae; species Stizostedion vitreum.

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