White perch
📖 Overview
Adults occur in fresh, brackish and coastal waters . They inhabit pools and other quiet-water areas of medium to large rivers, usually over mud . Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for White perch is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
White perch are known to eat the eggs of many species native to the Great Lakes, such as walleye and other true perches. At times, fish eggs are 100% of their diet. They prefer to eat small minnows like mudminnows and fathead minnows. In the Chesapeake Bay, white perch commonly prey upon grass shrimp, razor clams, and bloodworms which are all common to the region.
🥚 Reproduction
Assuming same mode of reproduction as in M. saxatilis.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous ; depth range 0 - 10 m . Temperate; 10°C - 33°C ; 50°N - 32°N, 96°W - 59°W North America: Atlantic Slope drainages from St.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Maryland Bass Hybrid · Sea Perch · Virginia Bass Hybrid · White Perch · White Perch White Bass Hybrid · White Perch Yellow Bass Hybrid · Wreckfish |
| 🇩🇪German | Amerikanische Kermesbeere |
| 🇫🇷French | bar blanc d’Amérique · baret |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Amerikaanse baars |
| 🌍SLV | ameriški brancin |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | vitabborre |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 146 records indexed .
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