Walleye

The walleye is a freshwater fish and commonly known as yellow pickerel and yellow pike. This species is indigenous to most of northern United States and Canada. To distinguish the walleye from the blue walleye, a subspecies that was once present in Quebec and southern Ontario but is now thought to be extinct, the walleye is occasionally referred to as the yellow walleye. The yellow walleye has the same phenotype as blue walleye according to current genetic research of a preserved  "blue walleye" sample, and thus do not warrant separate taxonomic classification.

Walleyes are generally yellow and olive in colour, long and skinny, and have a white belly. Five or more black bands cross over the back. They have two dorsal fins: a soft-rayed and a spiny fin. The walleye has a huge jaw and keen teeth, and its low-light eyesight help in its ability to locate prey at night. Walleye can grow to be 2.5 to 3 feet long and up to 20 pounds in weight (4.5 to 9 kilograms).