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pike-perch
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum, of the Great Lakes system.
See: walleye pike
Quotations
1866
Though Pickerel is a term often applied to young Pike, it is also used to designate a fish properly called the Pike-perch, or Sandre (Lucioperca Canadensis), the Piccarel of the French Canadians. . . .
1880
The pike-perch from York Factory he identifies as Stizostethium Canadense.
1915
This fish [European carp] . . . has driven out certain other fish, such as the pike-perch or yellow pickerel and the bass.
1959
WALLEYE Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill) [also called] Pike-perch/Doré.