DCHP-1 Online

sauger [origin unknown]

• n. a species of pike-perch, Cynoperca (syn. Stizostedion) canadense, similar to the walleye.

  See also: horn-fish  walleye pike  

  • 1882  Stizos­tedium canadense . . . Sauger; Sand-pike; Gray-pike; Horn-fish.
  • 1929  (1937)  Hubbs and Brown (1929) referred Lake Ontario sauger to the subspecies S.c. canadense.
  • 1955  . . . even boys have been put to work owing to the large quantity of boxes required for the large daily catches of pickerel and . . . saugers. . . .
  • 1964  The most important catch in terms of value is the pickerel, followed by whitefish, sauger (a pickerel-like fish) and pike.