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Perca fluviatilis

(Redfilament Threadfin-Bream)

Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Sharmak

Common Names in Bulgarian:

Kostur, Rechen Kostur

Common Names in Czech:

Okoun Rícní, Ostriez

Common Names in Danish:

Aborre, Almindelig Aborre, Europæisk Aborre

Common Names in Dutch:

Baars

Common Names in English:

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

Common Names in Finnish:

Ahven

Common Names in French:

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

Common Names in Gaelic, Iris:

An Phéirse Mhara

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

Peirse

Common Names in German:

Akpauz, Akpuz, Anbeiss, Anpass, Baas, Bahrs, Bantz, Barsch, Barschig, Barsching, Barsig, Börs, Börsch, Börschling, Beerschke, Bersch, Berschinger, Berschke, Berschling, Berse, Bersich, Berster, Bertsch, Boars, Bundelbarsch, Buntbarsch, Bürsch, Bürschling, Bürstel, Bürstling, Bärling, Bärs, Bärsch, Bärschke, Bärschling, Bärsig, Börs, Börsch, Börschling, Egli, Flussbarsch, Flußbarsch, Graubarsch, Hürling, Heuerling, Hürling, Jagebarsch, Kieferwurm, Knetzer, Krautbarsch, Krätzer, Kretzer, Krätzer, Netzkretzer, Peerschke, Persching, Persing, Pirschling, Pirsing, Pischling, Pärschke, Pörsch, Pörsching, Pörschke, Rerling, Sandkrätzer, Schnaz, Schranzen, Schratz, Schratzen, Schrotzen, Seebarsch, Streifbarsch, Tiefenbarsch, Zockkrätzer, Zockkrätzer, Zogkretzer

Common Names in Greek:

Κακοξύστρα, Πέρκα, Περκί, Πρικί, Χανί, Pérca Chaní, Perki

Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):

Sügér

Common Names in Icelandic:

Aborri

Common Names in Italian:

Perca, Persico, Persico Reale, Pesce, Pesce Persico

Common Names in Macedonian:

Ostriz

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

鱸(河鱸)

Common Names in Norwegian:

Abbor, Åbor

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 Rumanian:

Biban, Biban, Costrâs

Common Names in Russian:

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

Common Names in Serbian:

Grgec

Common Names in Slovak:

Ostriež

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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Family Percidae

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere. Dorsal fins separate or narrowly joined. Anal spines 1 or 2, the second usually weak. Pelvic fins thoracic . A single spine and 5 soft rays in the pelvic fin. Branchiostegal rays 5-8. Branchiostegal membrane separate from isthmus. Vertebrae 32-50. Largest species to 90 cm maximum length (reported for Stizostedion vitreum), but many, such as Etheostoma tippecanoe, are as little as 5 cm in length. Some species enter estuaries.The family Percidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It may be found in brackish and freshwater environments and is primarily freshwater. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 72° n to 25° s and 130° w to 160° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, perké = perch

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].

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Demersal .

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 [2]. May be captured with natural or artificial bait [3].

Reproduction

Eggs grouped in long white ribbons (up to 1 m ) are found over submerged objects[4].

Taxonomy

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Ambiguous Synonyms

  1. Perca fluviatilis gibba Smitt, 1892
  2. Perca fluviatilis gracilis Pokrovsky, 1951
  3. Perca fluviatilis maculata Smitt, 1892
  4. Perca fluviatilis nigrescens Heckel, 1837
  5. Perca fluviatilis phragmiteti Berg, 1933
  6. Perca vulgaris aurata Fitzinger, 1832
  7. Perca vulgaris Fitzinger, 1832
  8. Perca vulgaris Schaeffer, 1761

Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Perca fluviatilis aurea Smitt, 1892
  2. Perca fluviatilis intermedius Svetovidov & Dorofeyeva, 1963
  3. Perca fluviatilis macedonica Karaman, 1924
  4. Perca fluviatilis zaissanica Dianov, 1955
  5. Perca fluviatilus Linnaeus, 1758
  6. Perca helvetica Gronow, 1854
  7. Perca italica Cuvier, 1828
  8. Perca vulgaris Schrank, 1792

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 15-Apr-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Perca

There are approximately 198 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Epinephelus septemfasciatus · P. aberrans · P. acerina · P. acuta · P. adscensionis · P. afra · P. alburnus · P. flavescens (Northern Largemouth Bass) · P. antarctica · P. apoda · P. arabica · P. areolata · P. argentata · Kuhlia mugil · P. ascensionis · P. asper · P. atomaria · P. atraria · P. aurata · P. bimaculata · P. brasiliensis · P. brunnich · P. cabrilla · P. calcar · P. cernua · P. chromis · P. chrysops · P. chrysoptera · P. chuantsi · P. chuatsi · P. ciliata · P. cincta · P. cirrhosa · P. cirrosa · P. cottoides · P. danubiensis · Cynoscion striatus · P. decorata · P. diacantha · P. diagramma · P. dorso · Leiostomus xanthurus · P. elongata · P. fario · P. fasciata · P. flauescens · P. flavencens · P. flavens · P. flavenscens · P. flavescens (American Whitespotted Filefish) · P. flavesceus · P. flaveseens · P. fluciatilis · P. fluvatilis · P. fluviatalis · P. fluviatilis (Redfilament Threadfin-Bream) · P. fluviatilis flavescens · P. fluviatilis gibba · P. fluviatilis gracilis · P. fluviatilis intermedius · P. fluviatilis macedonica · P. fluviatilis maculata · P. fluviatilis nigrescens · P. fluviatilis phragmiteti · P. fluviatilis zaissanica · P. fluviatillis · P. fluviatilus · P. fluviatius · P. formosa · P. fourcroi · P. frenata · P. furva · P. fusca · P. fuviatilis · P. gibbosa · Epinephelus haifensis · P. gobioides · P. gracilis · P. granulata · P. guttata · P. helvetica · P. immaculata · P. imperator · P. iridea · P. irrorata · P. italica · P. juba · Morone saxatilis · P. lanceolata · P. latus · P. leonina · P. lepidota · P. lineata · P. lophar · P. loubina · P. louti · P. lucioperca · P. lunaria · P. lunulata · P. maculata

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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. 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]
  3. Billard, R. (1997). Les poissons d'eau douce des rivières de France. Identification, inventaire et répartition des 83 espèces. Lausanne: Delachaux & Niestlé, 192p. [back]
  4. 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: 2009-05-12