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| Perch (perca flavescens):
Common name for some members of the family Percidae, symmetrical
freshwater fishes of N Europe, Asia, and North America. The perch
belongs to the large order Perciformes (spiny-finned fishes) and is
related to the sunfishes and the sea basses. Best known is the
yellow (also called red) perch ( Perca flavescens ), a popular game
and food fish abundant in lakes and large streams, where it feeds on
insects, crayfish, and small fish and grows to an average length of
1 ft (30 cm) and weight of 1 lb (.5 kg). The voracious walleye, or
walleyed pike ( Stizostedion vitreum ), another member of the
family, is darker and larger (up to 10 lb/4.5 kg). Very similar to
the walleye but slenderer and smaller is the Eastern sauger, or sand
pike ( S. canadense ). The native American darters (2-3 in/5-8 cm),
found E of the Rockies, are a subfamily containing many species,
most of them brilliantly colored. Of separate families are the
pirate perch, a chubby little fish of sluggish streams and bayous
(family Aphredoderidae), and the trout perch, or sand roller, a
small fish abundant in the Great Lakes (family Mugiloididae).
Perches are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum
Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family
Percidae. Source: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright (c) 2009.
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