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Common names: Sauger
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Found in St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin from Vermont and New York south to northern Alabama and Louisiana. Introduced into Atlantic, Gulf and southern Mississippi River drainages (Ref. 86798). Recorded from Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico), Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Ref. 41482). Also Ref. 5723, 10294.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Sandre canadien, Lucioperca canadiense, صندر كندي, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Luciopercinae
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 5 - ? m (Ref. 10999). Subtropical; ? - 30°C (Ref. 12741); 57°N - 31°N, 120°W - 71°W (Ref. 86798)

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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.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 32.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); 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)

Inhabits sand and gravel runs, sandy and muddy pools and backwaters of small to large rivers (Ref. 86798). Less frequent in lake and impoundments (Ref. 86798). Larvae feed on cladocerans, copepods, and midge larvae, while juveniles consume fishes (Ref. 10294). Spawn between March and June (Ref. 10999) in pairs or small aggregations (Ref. 11003).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Gamefish: yes

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00335 - 0.01134), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.68 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23; tmax=7).

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

Sander canadensis (Griffith & Smith, 1834)