Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Percidae
- Genus
- Perca
Where to Find
Found in 7 diving areas across 2 countries and 1 regions.
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 45 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 28 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 55 records
- Québec, Canada - 339 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 1446 records
- New England, United States - 6 records
- North Carolina, United States - 8 records