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The yellow perch (Perca flavescens) is a species of perch
Perch

Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or, sometimes, yellow perch, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae....
 found in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch
European perch

File:PercheCommune.jpgThe European perch is a highly predatory species of perch found in Europe and Asia. In some areas it is known as the redfin perch or English perch, and it is often referred to by the shortform perch....
 but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have 6-8 dark vertical bars on their sides. The yellow perch is in the same family as the walleye
Walleye

Walleye or yellow pickerel or pickerel is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European Zander....
 and sauger
Sauger

The sauger is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae which resembles its close relative the walleye. Saugers, however, are usually smaller and will tolerate waters of higher turbidity than will the walleye....
, but in a different family from the white perch
White perch

The white perch, Morone americana, is not a true Percidae but is, rather, a fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America....
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Yellow perch size can vary greatly between bodies of water, but adults are usually between 4-10 inches (10-25.5 cm) in length and weigh about 5.29 oz (150 g) on average.






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The yellow perch (Perca flavescens) is a species of perch
Perch

Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or, sometimes, yellow perch, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae....
 found in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch
European perch

File:PercheCommune.jpgThe European perch is a highly predatory species of perch found in Europe and Asia. In some areas it is known as the redfin perch or English perch, and it is often referred to by the shortform perch....
 but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have 6-8 dark vertical bars on their sides. The yellow perch is in the same family as the walleye
Walleye

Walleye or yellow pickerel or pickerel is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European Zander....
 and sauger
Sauger

The sauger is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae which resembles its close relative the walleye. Saugers, however, are usually smaller and will tolerate waters of higher turbidity than will the walleye....
, but in a different family from the white perch
White perch

The white perch, Morone americana, is not a true Percidae but is, rather, a fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America....
.

Yellow perch size can vary greatly between bodies of water, but adults are usually between 4-10 inches (10-25.5 cm) in length and weigh about 5.29 oz (150 g) on average. The perch can live for up to 11 years, and older perch are often much larger than average; the maximum recorded length is 21.0 inches (53.3 cm) and the largest recorded weight is 4.2 lb (1.91 kg). Large yellow perch are often called "jumbo perch."Yellow perch are often stocked in ponds where they are fished for. They are a popular panfish and are known to be a good eating fish.

Yellow Perch reach sexual maturity
Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the age or stage when an organism can sexual reproduction. It is sometimes considered synonymous with adulthood, though the two are distinct....
 at one to three years of age for males and two to three years of age for females. Spawning occurs at the end of April or beginning of May, depositing 5,000 to 100,000 eggs upon weeds, or the branches of trees or shrubs that have become immersed in the water. After fertilization the eggs hatch in 11 to 27 days depending on temperature and other weather conditions.

Yellow Perch are one of the finest flavored of all panfish, and this has led to misuse of their name in the restaurant industry. Menus will sometimes list "White Perch
White perch

The white perch, Morone americana, is not a true Percidae but is, rather, a fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America....
", "Rock Perch
Rock bass

The rock bass , also known as the goggle-eye or red eye, is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. They are similar in appearance to smallmouth bass but are usually quite a bit smaller....
" or simply "Perch" that are actually other species, usually panfish in the Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae

The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus . The family's 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies....
 (sunfish) family.

Fishing

Yellow Perch are fairly easy to catch and are often caught while fishing for species in which they share the same body of water.