Yellow perch

Yellow perch
Temporal range: 1.8-0 Ma
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percidae
Genus: Perca
Species:
P. flavescens
Binomial name
Perca flavescens
(Mitchill, 1814)
Native range of yellow perch
Synonyms
  • Morone flavescens Mitchill, 1814
  • Perca fluviatilis flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)
  • Perca americana Schrank, 1792
  • Perca notata Rafinesque, 1818
  • Perca acuta Cuvier, 1828

The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch or preacher is a freshwater ray-finned fish from the perch family Percidae, native to much of central North America, particularly the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River basin and the Upper Mississippi River catchment (which connects to the former via canals). It was first described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill from New York, and is closely related and morphologically similar to the European perch (Perca fluviatilis), and is sometimes considered a subspecies of its European counterpart.

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