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Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Classification

Family
Percidae

Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from Greek: πέρκη, romanized: perke, meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

Distribution

Peter van der Sluijs · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog