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Zander


This wide-mouthed predator has excellent vision and fang-like teeth, which it uses to eat native fish and steal their food.

Highly adaptable, this voracious carnivore has spread rapidly from the Broads where it was first introduced, in 1878.

The fish was first legally introduced into the Great Ouse Relief Channel in 1963, and it now resides in the large, slow flowing waters of central England.

Its sharp eyesight makes it well suited for deep water channels, where other predators may not succeed.

Last updated: 22/10/2008