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Perches
Perca
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from Greek: πέρκη, romanized: perke, meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
Many species of freshwater game fish more or less resemble perch, but belong to different genera. In fact, the exclusively saltwater-dwelling red drum (which belongs to a different order Acanthuriformes) is often referred to as a "red perch", though by definition perch are freshwater species. Though many fish are referred to as perch as a common name, to be considered a true perch, the fish must be of the family Percidae.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Yellow Perch
speciesPerca flavescens
European Perch
speciesPerca fluviatilis
Balkhash Perch
speciesPerca schrenkii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.659
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.663
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.662
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.345
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.22
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.837
De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.681
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.27
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.203
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.396
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.670
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.655
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58629.