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Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 1,295, February 1,546, March 1,918, April 3,067, May 4,703, June 2,328, July 1,716, August 1,610, September 1,954, October 1,764, November 1,272, December 1,247.
United States120,371
Canada44,587
Pennsylvania24,421
New York19,399
Ohio8,567
West Virginia4,106
New Jersey3,421
Ontario2,313
Georgia1,957
Maryland1,449

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
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyPerches, Darters, and allies · Percidae
GenusPerches · Perca

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