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Silver Perch
Silver perch is a common name for several fishes and may refer to: *'' Bairdiella chrysoura'', native to the east coast of the United States *''Bidyanus bidyanus The silver perch (''Bidyanus bidyanus'') is a medium-sized freshwater fish of the family Terapontidae endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia. A threatened species, in 2024 the Australian Government reassessed th ...'', endemic to Australia *'' Leiopotherapon plumbeus'', endemic to the Philippines {{Disambiguation, fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bairdiella Chrysoura
''Bairdiella chrysoura'', the American silver perch, silver croaker or goldtail croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This species is widespread along the eastern cost of North America and is commonly caught by inshore anglers in search of larger species. This fish is common up to , but can be found uncommonly to . Description ''Bairdiella chrysoura'' has a moderately large, obliquely rising terminal mouth. The lower jaw projects further than the upper jaw. The chin does not bear a barbel but has three pairs of mental pores (the arrangement of the barbels and under-chin pores provides a means to distinguish between different members of the family Sciaenidae). The preopercle, the bony plate just in front of the operculum, bears a few spines set at an angle. The dorsal fin has ten to eleven spines and nineteen to twenty-three soft rays. The anal fin has two spines, the second of which is sharp and more than two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidyanus Bidyanus
The silver perch (''Bidyanus bidyanus'') is a medium-sized freshwater fish of the family Terapontidae endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia. A threatened species, in 2024 the Australian Government reassessed the silver perch's conservation status using IUCN Criteria. The result was a re-listing of the species as Endangered under the EPBC Act (Australia's national environmental law), in striking contrast to a 2019 IUCN assessment suggesting the species was merely 'Near Threatened'. Taxonomy The silver perch's scientific name comes from an aboriginal name for the species – ''bidyan'' – recorded by Major Mitchell on the Barwon River on his 1832 expedition. (Mitchell's original scientific name for the species was ''Cernua Bidyana''.) Silver perch are not a "true" perch of the genus ''Perca'', but are instead a member of Terapontidae or 'grunter' family. They are the largest member of the Terapontidae, capable of growing in excess of and clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |