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Perca fluviatilis

(English Perch)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Sharmak

Common Names in Bulgarian:

Kostur, Rechen Kostur

Common Names in Czech:

Okoun R, Ostriez

Common Names in Danish:

Aborre, Almindelig Aborre, Europ

Common Names in Dutch:

Baars

Common Names in English:

English Perch, Perch, Eurasian Perch, European Perch, Reddie, Redfilament Threadfin-Bream, Redfin, Redfin Perch, River Perch

Common Names in Estonian:

Ahven

Common Names in Finnish:

Ahven

Common Names in French:

Barsch, Boyat, Brell, Cochonnet, Hurlin, Hürling, Perchat, Perchaude, Perche, Perche Commune, Perche Europ, Perche Fluviatile, Percho, Perchot, Perco, Percot

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

An Ph, Peirse

Common Names in German:

Akpauz, Akpuz, Anbeiss, Anpass, Baas, Bahrs, Bantz, Barsch, Barschig, Barsching, Barsig, Beerschke, Bersch, Berschinger, Berschke, Berschling, Berse, Bersich, Berster, Bertsch, Boars, Börs, Börsch, Börschling, Bundelbarsch, Buntbarsch, Egli, Flu, Flussbarsch, Graubarsch, Heuerling, Hürling, Jagebarsch, Kieferwurm, Knetzer, Kr, Krätzer, Krautbarsch, Kretzer, Netzkretzer, Peerschke, Persching, Persing, Pirschling, Pirsing, Pischling, Rerling, Sandkr, Schnaz, Schranzen, Schratz, Schratzen, Schrotzen, Seebarsch, Streifbarsch, Tiefenbarsch, Zockkr, Zockkrätzer, Zogkretzer

Common Names in Greek:

Perki, Κακοξύστρα, Πέρκα, Περκί, Πρικί, Χανί

Common Names in Icelandic:

Aborri

Common Names in Italian:

Perca, Persico, Persico Reale, Pesce, Pesce Persico

Common Names in Kirghiz:

Кадимки алабуга

Common Names in Latvian:

Asaris

Common Names in Macedonian:

Ostriz

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

鱸(河鱸), 鲈(河鲈)

Common Names in Norwegian:

Abbor

Common Names in Persian:

Bacheh Suf, Mahi Suf Rudkhaneh-Y Astrakhan, Mahi-Ye Khardar, Soof-E-Hajitarkhan, Suf Haji Tarkhan, Suf Rudkhaneh-Ye

Common Names in Polish:

Okon

Common Names in Portuguese:

Perca, Perca-Europeia

Common Names in Prussian, Old:

A??egis

Common Names in Rumanian:

Biban, Costr

Common Names in Russian:

Obyknovennyi Okun´, Obyknovennyi Okun', Okun, Обыкновенный окунь, окунь, речной окунь

Common Names in Serbian:

Grgec

Common Names in Slovak:

Ostrie

Common Names in Spanish:

Perca, Perca Europea

Common Names in Swedish:

Abborre, Kretensisk Papegojfisk

Common Names in Turkish:

Tatlisu Levregi, Tatlisulevregi Baligi

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Rechnoi Okun

Description

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Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

May live as long as 22 years in the wild, 11 years in captivity.

Habitat

Occurs in slow-flowing rivers , deep lakes and ponds ; avoid cold, fast-flowing waters but may penetrate into but not breed in such waters. Normally found lying close or amongst obstacles in the water. Common in some of the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea [1].

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 125 meters (411 feet).[2]

Ecology: Habitat :
A very wide range of habitats from estuarine lagoons , lakes of all types to medium sized streams . Biology : Lives up to 21 years, usually to about six years. Males reproduce for the first time at 1-2 years, females at 2-4 years. Spawns in February-July, depending on latitude and altitude , when temperature reaches about 6°C. May undertake short spawning migrations . A female usually spawns with several males, once each year. The female circles the spawning site, followed by one male, while other males remain stationary . The egg strand is released as the female swims in spiral clockwise movements, folding herself into a U-shape. All eggs are released and fertilised within about 5 seconds in a single strand, which becomes twisted around and entangled with spawning substrate . Feeding larvae are positively phototactic, live in open water and feed on pelagic organisms . They may be widely distributed by currents . An opportunistic diurnal feeder , preying mainly at sunrise and sunset, using all available prey . Larvae and small juveniles usually prey on planktonic invertebrates . During first summer, many juveniles come near shores to feed on benthic prey. Often becomes piscivorous at about 120 mm SL . Stocks with different life-histories may co-occur in some lakes (littoral , benthic feeding, pelagic zooplanktivorous), sometimes with different spawning sites and times.[3].


List of Habitats:

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Biology

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Diet

A predatory species, juveniles feed on zooplankton , bottom invertebrate fauna and other perch fry while adults feed on both invertebrates and fish, mainly stickle-backs, perch, roach and minnows [4]. May be captured with natural or artificial bait [5].

Reproduction

Eggs grouped in long white ribbons (up to 1 m ) are found over submerged objects[6].

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Perca fluviatilis aurea Smitt • Perca fluviatilis gibba Smitt • Perca fluviatilis gracilis Pokrovsky • Perca fluviatilis intermedius Svetovidov & Dorofeyeva • Perca fluviatilis macedonica Karaman • Perca fluviatilis maculata Smitt • Perca fluviatilis nigrescens Heckel • Perca fluviatilis phragmiteti Berg • Perca fluviatilis zaissanica Dianov • Perca fluviatilus Linnaeus • Perca helvetica Gronow • Perca italica Cuvier • Perca vulgaris aurata Fitzinger • Perca vulgaris Fitzinger • Perca vulgaris Schaeffer • Perca vulgaris Schrank

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 15-Apr-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Perca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 62 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. adscensionis (Longjaw Squirrelfish) · P. flavescens (Northern Largemouth Bass) · P. antarctica (Antarctic Butterfish) · P. apoda (Schoolmaster Snapper) · P. areolata (Yellow-Spotted Rock-Cod) · P. asper (Rhone Streber) · P. aurata (Yellowstripe Monocle Bream) · P. cabrilla (Learned Rockfich) · P. cernua (Redfin Darter) · P. chrysops (White Perch) · P. chrysoptera (Sailor's Choice) · P. chuatsi (Mandarin Fish) · P. cirrhosa (Frilly Scorpionfish) · P. cottoides (Marbled Stingfish) · P. diagramma (Silver-Banded Sweetlips) · P. fasciata (Black-Tipped Rock-Cod) · P. flavescens (American Whitespotted Filefish) · P. fluviatilis (English Perch) · P. formosa (Squirrelfish) · P. fourcroi (Guyanan Croaker) · P. gibbosa (Pumpkinseed Sunfish) · P. guttata (Lucky Grouper) · P. lanceolata (Chinese Butterfish) · P. louti (Lunar-Tailed Coral-Trout) · P. lucioperca (European Pike-Perch) · P. lunulata (Lunartail Seaperch) · P. marina (Atlantic Ocean Perch) · P. mediterranea (Axillary Wrasse) · P. melanura (French Margate Fish) · P. miniata (Blue-Spotted Rockcod) · P. nigra (Black Ruff) · P. nilotica (Mozambique Tilapia) · P. nobilis (Yellow Cro-Cro) · P. ocellata (Channel Bass) · P. philadelphica (Rock Sea Bass) · P. picta (Yellowdot Sweetlips) · P. polymna (White-Tipped Anemonefish) · P. praslin (Port Praslin Squirrelfish) · P. pusilla (Atlantic Shadefish) · P. rhomboidalis (Western Atlantic Seabream) · P. rogaa (Red-Flushed Rock-Cod) · P. rufa (Longspine Squirrelfish) · P. saxatilis (Striped Sea-Bass) · P. schraetser (Striped Ruffe) · P. schrenki (Balkhasch Perch) · P. schrenkii (Balkhash Minnow) · P. scriba (Painted Comber) · P. sectatrix (Bermuda Sea Chub) · P. septemfasciata (Sevenband Grouper) · P. sexlineata (Black and White Striped Soapfish) · P. striata (Smallmouthed Tomtate) · P. summana (Edgeblack Grouper) · P. tauvina (Speckled Rockcod) · P. trilineata (Threeline Grunt) · P. trucha (Smallmouth Perch) · P. undulata (Atlantic Croacker) · P. unicolor (Butter Hamlet) · P. venenosa (Yellow-Finned Grouper) · P. vitrea (Wall-Eyed Pike-Perch) · P. vittata (Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips) · P. volgensis (Volga Pikeperch) · P. zingel (Marquesan Grouper)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Frimodt, C. (1995). Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. [back]
  2. Standard Deviation = 172.780 based on 12,517 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  3. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Perca fluviatilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
  4. de Moor, I.J. and M.N. Bruton (1988). Atlas of alien and translocated indigenous aquatic animals in southern Africa. A report of the Committee for Nature Conservation Research National Programme for Ecosystem Research. South African Scientific Program ... [back]
  5. Billard, R. (1997). Les poissons d'eau douce des rivières de France. Identification, inventaire et répartition des 83 espèces. Lausanne: Delachaux & Niestlé, 192p. [back]
  6. Pinder, A.C. (2001). Keys to larval and juvenile stages of coarse fishes from fresh waters in the British Isles. Freshwater Biological Association. The Ferry House, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK. Scientific Publication No. 60. 136 p. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012