[FlyTheory]

Originally Posted by EZM

I know, I was just trying to "put it gently".

From what I've read - Walleye don't come in different "breeds" as the contributor indicated.

A biologist would have used the proper term "species" or "sub-species". He would not have described this as a breed (for reasons too complicated to describe using fish as an example).

The one, and only mentioned sub-species is Sander vitreus glaucus (blue walleye) and, ironically, since they are extinct, true sub-species status has not been determined. In fact, they believe this to be related to Meristics, in this case pigmentation and variations, for this species.

It has not, to this day, been ratified or confirmed (these words are essentially synonymous btw).

Most scientists will point toward the most plausible theory whereas color variation in walleye in some watersheds is not that rare. Green Walleyes in Manitoba, Blues in Ontario, Yellow here out west, in ALL CASES were found to be one, and the same, species.

Yes I know this haha.