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Estuarine Perch
Sander marinus
Sander marinus, the estuarine perch, sea pikeperch or sea zander, is a species of brackish water ray-finned fish belonging to the family Percidae which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in eastern Europe in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
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Description
Sander marinus is told apart from the other European members of its genus by the counts of branched fin rays in the second dorsal fin, the width of its forehead and the number of scales in its lateral line. This species has between 12 and 14 branched rays in the second dorsal fin and between 79 and 85 scales along its lateral line,
Range & habitat
Sander marinus is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It lives in brackish waters and spawns in the seas but will enter rivers. The estuarine perch prefers shallow coastal water, down to 35 m (115 ft) with a rocky seabed.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
Sander marinus is classified within the genus Sander; this name is a latinisation of Cuvier's les Sandres, which he derived from zander, the German vernacular name for the zander (Sander lucioperca). The specific name, marinus, means "of the sea", and refers to this species being found in the brackish waters of the CAspian and Black Seas in comparison to the freshwater S. lucioperca.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 112030.