Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 7,141
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow perch”.