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n. 1 A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, ''Sander lucioperca''. 2 Any fish of the genus ''Sander'' that live in freshwater.
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Zander (Sander lucioperca, syn. Stizostedion lucioperca) is a species of fish from freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is closely related to perch. Zander are often called pike-perch as they resemble the pike with their elongated body and head, and the perch with their spiny dorsal fin. Zander are not, as is commonly believed, a pike and perch hybrid. In Europe, a second species ( Sander volgensis) is limited to rivers in southern Russia and the basin of the Danube. These two species are suspected to hybridize occasionally where they are sympatric, as they produce fertile hybrids in captivity; no natural hybrids are known yet however, and while they are apparently hard to detect, it is suspected that the species are separated by strong prezygotic isolation. It strongly resembles, both in looks and in taste, the closely related American walleye (Sander vitreus).
The zander is a common and popular game fish in Europe. It is often eaten, and it may reach of weight, although typical catches are considerably smaller. Zander reach an average length of with a maximum length of . Zander are not indigenous to the UK, but were introduced into the East Anglian fens (large, partly artificial waterways) in the 20th century and spread rapidly, after the release of 97 fingerlings to the Great Ouse Relief Channel in 1963 by the former Great Ouse River Board. British Waterways included zander among a "dirty dozen" non-native species most likely to harm native wildlife along rivers in Great Britain.
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 thrive in water with rather low visibility, unlike pike, which often dominate the predator fish niche in clear water. However, zander need plenty of oxygen and soon disappear from eutrophic areas.
Zander is a surname, a nickname for the name Alexzander, and an uncommonly given first name, and may refer to: Also it may be spelled as Xander.
- Alexander the great Greek emperor
- Benjamin Zander, English-American conductor
- Carl Zander, former professional American football player
- Edward Zander, American business executive
- Frank Zander, German singer and actor
- Friedrich Zander, Russian pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight
- Jörg Zander, German Formula One designer
- Gustav Zander, Swedish physician and orthopedist
- John Adolf Fredrik Zander (1890-1967), Swedish participant in the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics
- Robin Zander, American musician
- Rudolph Zander, Canadian politician
- Solveig Zander, Swedish politician
- Udo Zander (b. 1959), Swedish organizational theorist
- Wilhelm Zander, German military officer
- William Zander, American politician
The zander is a species of fish.
Zander may also refer to:
- Zander (surname), including a list of people so named
- Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III (born 1945), American lawyer
- Zander de Bruyn (born 1975), South African cricketer
- Alexander Zander Diamond (born 1985), Scottish footballer
- Zander Schloss (born 1961), American musician, actor and composer
- Zander Sherman (born 1986), Canadian writer
- Alexander Zander Sutherland (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Alexander "Zander" Smith, a character on the soap opera General Hospital
- Zander, protagonist of the 1925 film Zander the Great
- Zander, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Zander (stylized as [zAndEr]) is the sixth album by Scorn, released on February 18, 1997 through KK Records.
Usage examples of "zander".
Zander plucked a pair of inhalers from a basket, handed one to Nyk, put the other to his lips and inhaled.
Zander had told Nyk of Seymor -- that he had grown fond of an Earth lifestyle.
The cocurator had, with much fawning and gushing, assured him Chloe Zanders would be waiting for him, as someone named Bill had already returned, having left her at his address.
Inside, Zander comes to rest among the fruits of a lifelong collec tor's passion -- Balinese dance masks, demonic Chinese marionettes, colored morris dancers -- without damming his flow of speech.
Chloe Zanders snapped, raking her long curly hair from her face with both hands.
Nurtured on Midwest values, an idealist to the core, Chloe Zanders had a weakness, and Tom knew it.
Polished and chic, they were Mercedes and BMWs and Jaguars, and Chloe Zanders was a.
Nothing against Zanders, Grandda had often said, it's a fine name, but it's as easy to fall in love with a Scotsman as an Englishman, lass.
Oh, no, he wasn't going to harm her, he was just going to torture her, tease her, pretend he was being seductive, and watch Chloe Zanders turn into a stammering idiot while being hand-fed by the most incredibly gorgeous man this side of the Atlantic.
He wasn't in the best temper for many reasons, not the least of them that he'd used magic earlier, first on a brief visit to Security before she'd wakened, reminding them that they saw Chloe Zanders leave yestreen, and later when she'd tried to escape, a reflexive action, without thought.
Oh, God, Zanders, she thought, marveling, you're talking yourself into this!
Face it, Zanders, you aren't the kind of girl who can be physically intimate with a man without getting emotionally involved.
Oh, Zanders, you are so not politically correct, she thought dismally.
You've got it bad, Zanders, she reluctantly acknowledged with a little sigh.
Oh, Zanders, she chided herself weakly, I think this was a little more than just another loopy turn.