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🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlue perch Small Asian freshwater fish with blue finsPerch-like · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇳 India and 4 moreClimbing perch Amphibious freshwater fish capable of breathing air and moving on land.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1792 🇦🇺 AustraliaGolden perch A medium-sized Australian freshwater fish prized by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1845 🇦🇺 AustraliaSilver Perch A threatened freshwater grunter endemic to the Murray-Darling basin in Australia.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaMacquarie perch An endangered Australian freshwater fish native to the Murray-Darling river system.Other · Rivers and lakes WorldNile perch Large freshwater predator native to Africa, now invasive in many lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreYellow perch Freshwater fish native to North America with distinctive vertical bars.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1814 🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreEuropean perch A greenish freshwater predator native to Europe and North Asia.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758 🇵🇰 PakistanElongate glassy perchlet Small translucent fish from South Asian watersOther · Rivers and lakes 🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMandarin fish Freshwater predatory perch native to East AsiaPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1855 🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreRuffe A small, aggressive freshwater fish native to Eurasia that has become a major invasive pest in North America.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1758 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRock bass A small, red-eyed freshwater sunfish native to North America.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes WorldBluestripe snapper Bright yellow reef fish with four blue stripesPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1775 🇺🇸 United StatesWhite crappie North American freshwater fish with vertical body barsPerch-like · Rivers and lakes 🇿🇦 South AfricaCape kurper Small climbing perch native to South African coastal rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇹🇿 Tanzania and 2 moreSleek lates A freshwater perch found only in Lake Tanganyika, valued by local fisheries.Other · Rivers and lakes WorldMalabar blood snapper A red reef snapper from the Indo-Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1801 WorldTanganyika lates Large predatory perch from Lake TanganyikaPerch-like · Rivers and lakes Banded gourami 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreBanded gourami Small tropical air-breathing fish with striped patternsPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1801 WorldJarbua terapon A striped Indo-Pacific fish found in seas and rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1775 🇮🇳 IndiaGangetic leaffish A small Asian fish found in slow rivers and ponds across South Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaMurray cod Large Australian freshwater predator of the Murray-Darling basinPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1838 Mary River cod 🇦🇺 AustraliaMary River cod An endangered freshwater perch native to the Mary River system in Queensland, Australia.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreTarakihi Silver marine fish with a black crescent mark.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1801 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpangled grunter Hardy Australian freshwater fish with reddish spotsOther · Rivers and lakes · 1859 North AmericaRougheye rockfish A deepwater Pacific rockfish that can live over two centuries.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1898 WorldGolden snapper A large Indo-Pacific snapper with distinctive rusty scale spots.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1792 WorldLeopard bush fish A freshwater labyrinth fish from the Congo River basin kept in home aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes WorldHaplochromis A large ray-finned fish genus from East Africa known for rapid evolution and aquarium popularity.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1888 🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePumpkinseed A small freshwater fish native to eastern North America, known for its bright colours and red ear flap.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1793 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSauger A freshwater perch species native to North American rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1834 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian bass Native freshwater game fish of eastern AustraliaOther · Rivers and lakes 🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreSiamese tigerfish A critically endangered freshwater perch from Indochina.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1998 🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreStreber A small freshwater perch found in fast-flowing European rivers.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes 🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreZingel A fast-water perch from southeastern Europe.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1766 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreWalleye A freshwater perch native to North America, prized for its pale eyes and firm white flesh.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1818

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