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The Nonindigenous Occurrences section of the NAS species profiles has a new structure. The section is now dynamically updated from the NAS database to ensure that it contains the most current and accurate information. Occurrences are summarized in Table 1, alphabetically by state, with years of earliest and most recent observations, and the tally and names of drainages where the species was observed. The table contains hyperlinks to collections tables of specimens based on the states, years, and drainages selected. References to specimens that were not obtained through sighting reports and personal communications are found through the hyperlink in the Table 1 caption or through the individual specimens linked in the collections tables.




Sander vitreus
Sander vitreus
(Walleye)
Fishes
Native Transplant

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Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818)

Common name: Walleye

Synonyms and Other Names: (walleyed pike); Stizostedion vitreum

Taxonomy: available through www.itis.govITIS logo

Identification: Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994).

Size: 91 cm.

Native Range: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Arctic, and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Northwest Territories, and south to Alabama and Arkansas (Page and Burr 1991).

Native range data for this species provided in part by NatureServe NS logo
Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs) Explained
Interactive maps: Point Distribution Maps

Nonindigenous Occurrences:

Table 1. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of HUCs with observations†. Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records. The list of references for all nonindigenous occurrences of Sander vitreus are found here.

StateFirst ObservedLast ObservedTotal HUCs with observations†HUCs with observations†
AL195319812Middle Tallapoosa; Mulberry
AZ188020049Canyon Diablo; Grand Canyon; Lake Mead; Little Colorado Headwaters; Lower Colorado Region; Lower Lake Powell; Lower Salt; Silver; Upper Verde
AR1950198813Beaver Reservoir; Bull Shoals Lake; Dardanelle Reservoir; Fourche La Fave; Frog-Mulberry; Little Missouri; Lower Little Arkansas, Oklahoma; Lower Saline; Ouachita Headwaters; Petit Jean; Robert S. Kerr Reservoir; Upper Ouachita; Upper Saline
CA187419502Lower Sacramento; Upper Coon-Upper Auburn
CO1880202033Alamosa-Trinchera; Big Thompson; Cache La Poudre; Clear; Colorado Headwaters; Colorado Headwaters-Plateau; Fountain; Horse; Huerfano; Lower Gunnison; Lower San Juan-Four Corners; Lower White; Lower Yampa; McElmo; Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek; North Platte; Piedra; Purgatoire; Republican; Rio Grande Headwaters; San Luis; South Fork Republican; South Platte; St. Vrain; Two Butte; Upper Arkansas; Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir; Upper Arkansas-Lake Meredith; Upper Dolores; Upper Gunnison; Upper San Juan; Upper South Platte; Upper Yampa
CT194019995Housatonic; New England Region; Outlet Connecticut River; Quinnipiac; Thames
DE197419952Brandywine-Christina; Delaware Bay
FL196019823Florida Southeast Coast; Kissimmee; Vero Beach
GA1971199812Altamaha; Apalachicola Basin; Lower Chattahoochee; Lower Oconee; Lower Savannah; Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding; Savannah; South Atlantic-Gulf Region; Tugaloo; Upper Chattahoochee; Upper Oconee; Upper Savannah
ID1951202213Bear Lake; Beaver-Camas; Goose; Lower Bear; Lower Clark Fork; Lower Snake-Asotin; Middle Bear; North Fork Payette; Pend Oreille Lake; Salmon Falls; Upper Snake-Rock; Upper Spokane; Weiser
IN18931938*
IA200120011Missouri-Little Sioux
KS1865201216Delaware; Fall; Lower Big Blue; Middle Neosho; Middle Smoky Hill; Neosho Headwaters; Prairie Dog; South Fork Ninnescah; Upper Cimarron-Bluff; Upper Cottonwood; Upper Neosho; Upper North Fork Solomon; Upper Saline; Upper Smoky Hill; Upper South Fork Solomon; Upper Verdigris
KY198620095Middle Fork Kentucky; Red; Rough; Upper Cumberland; Upper Kentucky
LA197419974Bayou D'Arbonne; Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge; Lower Ouachita-Bayou De Loutre; Toledo Bend Reservoir
ME191420103Lower Kennebec River; New England Region; Saint Croix River
MD196920259Conococheague-Opequon; Gunpowder-Patapsco; Lower Susquehanna; Mid Atlantic Region; Middle Potomac-Catoctin; North Branch Potomac; Patuxent; Upper Chesapeake; Youghiogheny
MA198020205Ashuelot River-Connecticut River; Charles; Narragansett; New England Region; Winnipesaukee River
MS193619763Middle Pearl-Silver; Middle Pearl-Strong; Yocona
MO198819881Bull Shoals Lake
MT1933201558Arrow; Battle; Beaver; Beaver; Beaverhead; Big Dry; Big Horn; Big Horn Lake; Big Muddy; Big Sandy; Bitterroot; Blackfoot; Bullwhacker-Dog; Charlie-Little Muddy; Clarks Fork Yellowstone; Flathead Lake; Flatwillow; Fort Peck Reservoir; Frenchman; Judith; Lodge; Lower Bighorn; Lower Clark Fork; Lower Flathead; Lower Milk; Lower Musselshell; Lower Powder; Lower Tongue; Lower Yellowstone; Lower Yellowstone-Sunday; Marias; Middle Milk; Middle Musselshell; Milk; Musselshell; O'Fallon; Peoples; Poplar; Prairie Elk-Wolf; Redwater; Rosebud; Sage; Sun; Swan; Teton; Upper Little Missouri; Upper Milk; Upper Missouri; Upper Missouri; Upper Missouri-Dearborn