Fish

Freshwater Perch

Percalates novemaculeatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 23, February 14, March 16, April 21, May 12, June 9, July 2, August 13, September 52, October 68, November 21, December 18.
Australia269
New South Wales156
Queensland104
Victoria9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderFreshwater Sunfishes, Grunters, and Allies · Centrarchiformes
GenusPercalates

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Freshwater Perch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.