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Ok gonna throw a wrench into the argument for those who keep saying WALLEYE is the scientific name of the species of fish being argued here. Actually, NO it's not. The scientific name for the species of fish called walleye is actually.........Sander vitreus. and I dunno bout the rest of you, but IF we had to refer to any species of fish ONLY by the actual scientific name they've been given like THAT one or the many other purely scientific names, NONE OF US WOULD EAT THEM, because those scientific names are not only hard to pronounce sometimes, they sound incredibly unappetizing. 
Now to be clear, the information below I found through a google search, so if you believe this information is not accurate, take it up with google (and wikipedia which is where I got rerouted too,) not me, ok?
"The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the yellow pike, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch. The walleye is sometimes called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is a subspecies that was once found in the southern Ontario and Quebec regions, but is now presumed extinct. However, recent genetic analysis of a preserved (frozen) 'blue walleye' sample suggests that the blue and yellow walleye were simply phenotypes within the same species and do not merit separate taxonomic classification. In parts of its range in English-speaking Canada, the walleye is known as a pickerel, though the fish is not related to the true pickerels, which are a member of the family Esocidae
Esox is a genus of freshwater fish, the only living genus in the family Esocidae—the esocids which were endemic to North America and Eurasia during the Paleogene through present. The species of this genus are known as pike and pickerel. The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike. The big pike species are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic ecozones, ranging across northern North America and from Western Europe to Siberia in Eurasia.
Pikes have the elongated, torpedo-like form of predatory fishes, with sharply pointed heads and sharp teeth. Their coloration is typically grey-green with a mottled or spotted appearance with stripes along their backs, providing camouflage among weeds. Individual pike marking patterns are unique, like fingerprints. Pike can grow to a maximum recorded length of 1.83 m (6 ft), reaching a maximum recorded weight of 35 kg (77 lb).
Hybrids between Esox masquinongy and Esox lucius are well-known and referred to as the tiger muskellunge.
Now to be clear, the information below I found through a google search, so if you believe this information is not accurate, take it up with google (and wikipedia which is where I got rerouted too,) not me, ok?
"The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the yellow pike, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch. The walleye is sometimes called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which is a subspecies that was once found in the southern Ontario and Quebec regions, but is now presumed extinct. However, recent genetic analysis of a preserved (frozen) 'blue walleye' sample suggests that the blue and yellow walleye were simply phenotypes within the same species and do not merit separate taxonomic classification. In parts of its range in English-speaking Canada, the walleye is known as a pickerel, though the fish is not related to the true pickerels, which are a member of the family Esocidae
Esox is a genus of freshwater fish, the only living genus in the family Esocidae—the esocids which were endemic to North America and Eurasia during the Paleogene through present. The species of this genus are known as pike and pickerel. The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike. The big pike species are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic ecozones, ranging across northern North America and from Western Europe to Siberia in Eurasia.
Pikes have the elongated, torpedo-like form of predatory fishes, with sharply pointed heads and sharp teeth. Their coloration is typically grey-green with a mottled or spotted appearance with stripes along their backs, providing camouflage among weeds. Individual pike marking patterns are unique, like fingerprints. Pike can grow to a maximum recorded length of 1.83 m (6 ft), reaching a maximum recorded weight of 35 kg (77 lb).
Image | Scientific name | Common Name |
| Esox aquitanicus Denys, Dettai, Persat, Hautecœur & Keith, 2014 | Aquitanian pike | |
 | Esox americanus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | American pickerel |
 | Esox cisalpinus Bianco & Delmastro, 2011 | Southern pike[6] |
 | Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 | Northern pike |
 | Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824 | Muskellunge |
 | Esox niger Lesueur, 1818 | Chain pickerel |
 | Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869 | Amur pike |
and thanks for sharing!! ? I will always call them Walleye’s!! (Sander vitreus —
