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Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)

American yellow perch
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Perca flavescens
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Common names: American perch, Chavoo, Lake perch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Importance: commercial | Ref: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Fisheries Branch, 1994
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges from the Northwest Territories and British Columbia to Nova Scotia (Ref. 52559). Occurs in the Great Lakes (Ref. 119192). Sold fresh and frozen (Ref. 1998). Used as live bait for northern pike and muskellunge and cut bait for various fishes (Ref. 1998). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Found in 1 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Also Ref. 5723, 9988, 119194.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Классификация / Names народные названия | синонимы | Catalog of Fishes(род, виды) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 экология

; пресноводный; солоноватоводный донно-пелагический; пределы глубины 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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