Sea zander
(Sander marinus)
Classification
Species:
Sander marinus
Genus:
Sander - Pike-perch
Family: Percidae - Perches
Order: Perciformes - Perches
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Sea zander
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Temperate
Native to coast of:
Europe
Sander marinus, the estuarine perch, also called sea pikeperch or sea zander, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Percidae which includes the perches, ruffes and darters.
It is found in eastern Europe in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
It lives in brackish water and rarely enters rivers.