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Perch (surname) ''Perch'' pronounced is a surname. Origins There is considerable confusion as to the origins of the surname, which has been recorded as ''Pearch'', ''Pearche'', ''Perch'', ''Perche'', ''Porch'' and possibly other variants. It was probably topograp ...

, a surname (and list of people with that name) *

Perch (unit) The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions, often between approximately 3 and 8 meters (9 ft 10 in and 26 ft 2 in). In modern US customary units ...

, unit of measure for length, area, or volume * Perch SSSI a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England *

Perch (equilibristic) The perch is an equilibristic balancing act where one performer balances atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer. Each perch pole has a loop at the top into which the performer may insert either a hand or a foot in order to perfor ...

, an equilibristic balancing act *

The Perch (Binsey) The Perch is a historic public house in the village of Binsey, Oxfordshire, England, northwest of Oxford and close to the River Thames, overlooking Port Meadow. History The Perch dates back 800 years, and the current building, a Grade II li ...

, a historic pub in Binsey, Oxfordshire, England *The Perch, a historic house in Austin, Texas, USA, part of Granger House and The Perch

Fish

Perch Perch is a common name for fish of the genus ''Perca'', freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perci ...

, the common name for the freshwater fish in the genus ''Perca'' ** Balkhash perch (''Perca schrenkii'') **

European perch The European perch (''Perca fluviatilis''), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man’s rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply th ...

(''Perca fluviatilis'') **

Yellow perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Sam ...

(''Perca flavescens'') *

Temperate perch The members of the family Percichthyidae are known as the temperate perches. They belong to the order Perciformes, the perch-like fishes. The name Percichthyidae derives from the Latin ''perca'' for perch and Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, ''ichthy ...

, fish of the family Percichthyidae *Several other species of fish, including: **

Surfperch The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera '' Ditrema'' and '' Neoditrema'') are found in the northwest Pacifi ...

( Embiotocidae) several species, northern Pacific shore fish, including *** Shiner perch (''Cymatogaster aggregata'') *** Pile perch, genus '' Rhacochilus'' along with shiner perch, commonly seen around pier pilings along the Pacific shore of North America ** Barber perch (''Caesioperca rasor'') **

Estuary perch The estuary perch (''Macquaria colonorum'') is a species of temperate perch endemic to south-eastern Australia, where it prefers brackish waters such as lower tidal reaches of coastal lakes, rivers, and streams. Appearance It is very similar to ...

(''Macquaria colonorum'') **

Golden perch The golden perch (''Macquaria ambigua'') is a medium-sized, yellow or gold-coloured species of Australian freshwater fish found primarily in the Murray-Darling River system, though a subspecies is found in the Lake Eyre- Cooper Creek system, a ...

(''Macquaria ambigua'') **

Macquarie perch The Macquarie perch (''Macquaria australasica'') is an Australian native freshwater fish of the Murray-Darling river system. It is a member of the family Percichthyidae and is closely related to the golden perch (''Macquaria ambigua''). The ...

(''Macquaria australasica'') **

Nile perch The Nile perch (''Lates niloticus''), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi , Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is wi ...

(''Lates niloticus'') ** Pirate perch (''Aphredoderus sayanus'') **

White perch The white perch (''Morone americana'') is not a true perch but is a fish of the temperate bass family, Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America. In some places it is referred to as "Silver Bass". The name "White perc ...

(''Morone americana'') **

Rock perch Sebastinae is a subfamily of marine fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae in the order Scorpaeniformes. Their common names include rockfishes, rock perches, ocean perches, sea perches, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, sea ruffes and rockcods. D ...

(''Ambloplites rupestris'') ** Sacramento perch (''Archoplites interruptus'') ** Silver perch several species, including: ***'' 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 Philippi ...

'', endemic to the Philippines ** Climbing perch family (climbing gourami, Anabantidae) **''

Lepomis ''Lepomis'' or true sunfish is a genus of North American freshwater fish from the family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes (perch-like fish). The generic name ''Lepomis'' derives from the Greek ("scale") and ("cover", "plug", " operculu ...

'' species are often called perch in some areas of the United States, especially in the Ozarks region. **Japanese perch ('' Coreoperca kawamebari'') **Pond perch ('' Lepomis gibbosus'') **Blue perch ('' Badis badis'') * Japanese seaperch, the common name for the saltwater fish in the genus ''Sebastes'' **Japanese white seaperch ('' Sebastes cheni'') **Japanese red seaperch ('' Sebastes inermis'') **Japanese black seaperch ('' Sebastes ventricosus'') {{disambiguation, fish