Silver Perch (other)
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'', endemic to Australia *''Leiopotherapon plumbeus ''Leiopotherapon plumbeus'', known commonly as the silver perch,Froese, R. and D. Pauly, EdsCommon names of ''Leiopotherapon plumbeus''.FishBase. 2013. is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It is endemic to the Philippin ...

Bairdiella Chrysoura
The American silver perch, ''Bairdiella chrysoura'', is an American fish. Widespread on the eastern seaboard, the silver perch is commonly caught by inshore anglers in search of larger species. This fish is common up to , but can be found uncommonly to . Description The American silver perch 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 thirds the length of the first soft ray, and eight to ten soft rays. This fish has a two-chambered swim bladder which is connected ...
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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. 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 close to , but today wild river specimens are typically and . The silver perch is the only major representative of the family Terapontidae in the southern Murray-Darling system, compared to northern tropical systems where terapontid species are common. Another small terapontid, the spangled perch (''Leiopotherapon unicolor''), does occur sporadic ...
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