#2265 · 🐟 fish

Yellow Perch

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse gele baars ·Perca flavescens

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ), commonly referred to as perch , is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill from New York. It is closely related, and morphologically similar to the European perch ( Perca fluviatilis ); and is sometimes considered a subspecies of its European counterpart.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,029iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,029 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel L. Mitchill in 1814 (212 years ago).