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European Perch

Fish

A freshwater fish native to basins across Europe, from the British Isles east to Siberia's Kolyma River, though absent from the Iberian Peninsula, and also found in the brackish Baltic Sea. Its greenish body carries five to eight dark vertical bars and red pelvic, anal and caudal fins, and older individuals often develop a hump behind the head. It favors slow-flowing rivers, deep lakes and ponds with good light penetration, avoiding cold or fast water, and can live over twenty years and reach 60 centimeters. Juveniles feed on zooplankton and bottom invertebrates before adults turn to eating smaller fish such as sticklebacks, roach and minnows.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Carnivore 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 1

Relationship to People

Hunted or Fished 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Scientific Name

Perca fluviatilis 2

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 3

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source European Perch (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Wikipedia: European perch

In Ecosystem

Source Wikidata: European Perch

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: European perch

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The European perch (Perca fluviatilis), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the perch, is a predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and North Asia.
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The European perch (Perca fluviatilis), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the perch, is a predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and North Asia.
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In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "erch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the perch, is a predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and North Asia. It is the t..."

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2. European Perch (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q166812 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Perciformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96

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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Percidae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 322

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 322

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Caspian Sea (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Caspian Sea, Article text

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Most non-endemic natives are either shared with the Black Sea basin or widespread Palearctic species such as crucian carp, Prussian carp, common carp, common bream, common bleak, asp, white bream, sunbleak, common dace, common roach, common rudd, European chub, sichel, tench, European weatherfish, wels catfish, northern pike, burbot, European perch and zander.

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Danube Delta (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Danube Delta, Article text

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Of the fish, the most important are Tench (Tinca tinca), common bream (Abramis brama), common rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus), Prussian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio), wels catfish (Silurus glanis), European perch (Perca fluviatilis), and northern pike (Esox lucius).

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