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The zander is very widely distributed across Eurasia, occurring in the drainages of the Caspian, Baltic, Black, Aral, North and Aegean Sea basins. Its northern distribution crucian carp fry is Finland.
It has been introduced to Great Britain, southern Europe, and continental Europe west of the Elbe, Ebro, Tagus and Jucar drainages, as well as to Anatolia, North Africa, Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Their success in establishing themselves is owed to a number of factors, one of which is that they are particularly well adapted to life in the slow-flowing, sparsely vegetated, rather murky waters that comprise so many of the British lowland rivers. Zander was stocked in Spiritwood Lake, North Dakota in 1989 and has remained ever since. Zander inhabit freshwater bodies, preferentially large rivers and eutrophic lakes. They tolerate brackish water and will make use of coastal lakes and estuaries. Zander are carnivorous and the adults feed on smaller schooling fish. They will also nest among exposed plant roots and the eggs are laid onto these roots.
10 years old, with 4 years old being typical. A large number of parasites are known to infect the zander’s skin, eyes and internal organs. Whole baked zander served in a restaurant in Balatonfüred, Hungary. The zander is considered one of the most valuable food fish native to Europe. It is esteemed for its light, firm but tender meat with few bones and a delicate flavour.
Although it is not generally bred for food, its adaptability makes zander fishery quite sustainable. In 2004, it was revealed that some restaurants in the Minneapolis-St. In Ohio, many restaurants were caught using juvenile zander fillets in the 40 to 80 gram range in place of the Lake Erie yellow perch. Shortages of the perch along with skyrocketing prices caused wholesalers and restaurants to use the juvenile zander for popular “pike perch fillets”. In Finland, as a conservation measure, the law regulates the minimum size of zander considered mature enough to be eaten. The 70-cm 8-kg fish was later caught by the local police who cooked it and offered it to the tourists for the trouble it caused. As the largest member of the perch family, the zander is a popular game fish in the United Kingdom.
Increasing demand for zander for human consumption has attracted severe attention of fish farmers. Today, elaborated protocols for the reproduction and on-growing of zander are available. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Taxonomy, Distribution, and Evolution of the Percidae”. Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes. Specieswatch: zander have a look of Dracula”.
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The Atlantic cod is one of three cod species in the genus Gadus along with Pacific cod and Greenland cod. A variety of fish species are colloquially known as cod, but they are not all classified within the Gadus, though some are in the Atlantic cod family, Gadidae. Atlantic cod are demersal fish—they prefer sea bottoms with coarse sediments. Atlantic cod are a shoaling species and move in large, size-structured aggregations. Larger fish act as scouts and lead the shoal’s direction, particularly during post spawning migrations inshore for feeding. Atlantic cod are apex predators in the Baltic and adults are generally free from the concerns of predation. Juvenile cod, however, may serve as prey for adult cod, which sometimes practice cannibalism.
