Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) – Native/ Translocate ( Fig. 514)

Perca lucioperca Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 289; Type locality: European lakes. No types known.

Centropomus sandat Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802: 248, 255; Type locality: unknown.

Lucioperca sandra Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828: 110; Type locality: Cuvier specimens: MNHN 0000–0570 (1), 0000– 6620 (3), 0000–6621 (1).

Lucioperca linnei Malm [A. W.] 1877: 381; Type locality: Sweden. Regarded as an unneeded replacement name for Perca lucioperca Linnaeus 1758 (to avoid “Strickland tautonomy”).

Common name: Pr: Soof, Soofe ordaki, En: Zander.

Diagnosis: Similar to S. marinus but can be identify by the dorsal fins being close together, obviously much less than the eye diameter apart, the anal fin spines are not closely joined to the soft rays, the interorbital width is less than, or equal to, the vertical eye diameter in adults, the upper jaw extends rearwards on a level behind the posterior eye margin in adults (under the rear of the eye in young), there are usually more than 18 soft rays in the dorsal fin, and the spiny dorsal fin bears large spots.

Meristic characters: D 1: XIII–XIV, D 2: I–IV 20–23, A: I–III 11–13, P: 11–13, V: 5, LL: 82–91, GR: 10–17, TV: 45–48 (46).

Distribution: Native population found in Caspian basin, but translocated to Tigris, Urmia Lake, Kor and Namak basins ( Fig. 515). Record from whole Caspian coastal plain i.e., Anzali wetland, Aras, Sefidrud, Mahabad chay, Ahar chay, Mardogh, Qomrud and Marivan Rivers.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Lucioperca, Collette and Bănărescu (1977) in Stizostedion and ( Bogutskaya 1996) placed in Sander .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Freyhof and Kottelat 2008ak).