I believe the evidence for using Zander surfaced during compilation of
Eschemeyer et al's massive tomes on genera and species of fishes. The oldest
reference I can find to Zander is 1925: Chevey, Bull. Biol. de France et de
Belgique, LIX, p. 269; where it is given as "Sander", but I can't get to
Rick's copy of Genera of Fishes right now...
Whew! I'll let you know when the paper comes out. At any rate, Zander is a
heck of a lot easier to pronounce than Stizostedion.
cheers,
Dave
>>When was it changed from Stizostedion, and why? I also vaguely >>remember
>>hearing the word "zander" in connection with some sort of >>fish (don't
>>know if it was necessarily this species).
>
>Ill bet the zander you're thinking of is a European walleye-like fish. >I
>don't know the scientific name-- Stizostedion is the genus, though.
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