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Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)
YELLOW PERCH
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Perca flavescens, American yellow perch : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium
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Perca flavescens ( Mitchill , 1814 )

American yellow perch Upload your photos  and  videos
Pictures | Videos | Google image Image of Perca flavescens (American yellow perch) Perca flavescens
Male picture by N. Burkhead & R. Jenkins, courtesy of VDGIF

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Percidae (Perches) > Percinae
Etymology: Perca: Greek, perke = perch, a fish without identificaction (Ref. 45335 ) ;   flavescens: flavescens meaning yellow (Ref. 1998 ) .
More on author: Mitchill .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 56 m (Ref. 11004 ), usually ? - 9 m (Ref. 1998 ). Subtropical; 0°C - 30°C (Ref. 35682 ); 66°N - 30°N, 124°W - 59°W (Ref. 86798 )

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North America: Atlantic, Arctic, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia to Mackenzie River drainage, Northwest Territories in Canada, and south to Ohio, Illinois and Nebraska in the USA; south in Atlantic drainages to Savannah River in Georgia, USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 19.2   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9988 ); common length : 19.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193 ); max. published weight: 1.9 kg (Ref. 40637 ); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 12193 )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits lakes, ponds, pools of creeks, and rivers. Also found in brackish water and in salt lakes. Most commonly found in clear water near vegetation; tends to shoal near the shore during spring (Ref. 9988 , 10294 ). Feeds on immature insects, larger invertebrates, fishes and fish eggs during the day. Preyed upon by fishes and birds (Ref. 1998 ). Spawns between February and July in the northern hemisphere and between August and October in the southern hemisphere (Ref. 10999 ). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406 ). Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten pan-fried, broiled or baked (Ref. 9988 ).

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Nonobligatory plant spawner.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr , 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 57406 )





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums FAO - Aquaculture: production ; Fisheries: landings ; Publication: search | FishSource |

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AFORO (otoliths) | Alien/Invasive Species database | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | DORIS | ECOTOX | FAO - Aquaculture: production ; Fisheries: landings ; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | Public aquariums | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00920 - 0.01501), b=3.05 (2.98 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.7   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. Generation time: 3.7 (3.1 - 4.1) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 24 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17-0.19; tmax=11). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 30.3 [13.5, 69.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.379 [0.205, 0.696] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [16.4, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.157 [0.070, 0.345] g/100g; Selenium = 18.5 [6.2, 51.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.1 [11.2, 61.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.785 [0.530, 1.181] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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