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Hi, I’m Sinclair. A two foot, three inch, 17.5 pound fish called a zander fish has been attacking swimmers in Lac Majeur, a lake in Switzerland. The fish bit six swimmers causing wounds up to four inches long.
The zander fish is a long pike perch. The zander has an elongated body and head like a pike and a spiny dorsal fin like a perch. The fish thrives in water with low visibility. The zander is a popular game fish in Europe. In the U.S., the zander was illegally substituted for walleye in some restaurants which was discovered by the FDA.
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| Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Swiss divers tried to capture the fish with a net but had to kill it with a harpoon instead. A zander is not known to attack humans but authorities believe the fish was suffering from a hormonal imbalance. The fish was later served to tourists.
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