sauger

[origin unknown]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of pike-perch, Cynoperca (syn. Stizostedion) canadense, similar to the walleye.

Quotations

1882

Stizostedium canadense . . . Sauger; Sand-pike; Gray-pike; Horn-fish.

1929

Hubbs and Brown (1929) referred Lake Ontario sauger to the subspecies S.c. canadense.

1955

. . . even boys have been put to work owing to the large quantity of boxes required for the large daily catches of pickerel and . . . saugers. . . .

1964

The most important catch in terms of value is the pickerel, followed by whitefish, sauger (a pickerel-like fish) and pike.