Yellow perch

Yellow perch

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Perca
Species:
P. flavescens
Binomial name
Perca flavescens
(Mitchill, 1814)
Native range of yellow perch
Synonyms[3]
  • Morone flavescens Mitchill, 1814
  • Perca fluviatilis flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)
  • Perca americana Schrank, 1792
  • Perca notata Rafinesque, 1818
  • Perca acuta Cuvier, 1828

The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill from New York. It is closely related, and morphologically similar to the European perch (Perca fluviatilis); and is sometimes considered a subspecies of its European counterpart.[4]

Latitudinal variability in age, growth rates, and size have been observed among populations of yellow perch, likely resulting from differences in day length and annual water temperatures. In many populations, yellow perch often live 9 to 10 years, with adults generally ranging 4–10 in (10–25 cm) in length.

The world record for a yellow by weight is 4 lb 3 oz (1.9 kg), and was caught in May 1865 in Bordentown, New Jersey, by Dr. C. Abbot.[5] It is the longest-standing record for a freshwater fish in North America.[6]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Perca flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202567A18235054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202567A18235054.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Perca flavescens Yellow Perch". NatureServe. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Perca flavescens". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ^ Brown, T. G.; Runciman, B.; Bradford, M. J.; Pollard, S. (2009). "A biological synopsis of yellow perch Perca flavescens" (PDF). Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2883: i–v, 1–28. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Perch, yellow (Perca flavescens)". International Game Fish Association. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. ^ Sutton, Keith "Catfish" (15 March 2018). "Oldest Fishing Record". Water Gremlin. Retrieved 22 November 2022.