Walleye vs. Muskie — What's the Difference?

The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch.

The muskellunge.

Pl. walleye or wall·eyes A freshwater food and game fish (Sander vitreus) of North America, having large silvery eyes and a greenish-yellow mottled body.

(informal) muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family.

See exotropia.

An eye or eyes affected with exotropia.

An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.

(plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.

(plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye.

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward

Pike-like freshwater perches