See also:

• PERCH (through Fr. from Lat. perca, Gr. 7rEpKo; the last word is connected with 2repev6r, dark-coloured, spotted)
• PERCH (through Fr. perche from Lat. pertica, a pole or rod used for measurement)

PERCH (through Fr. from See also:

• LAT

Lat. perca, Gr. 7rEpKo; the last word is connected with 2repev6r, dark-coloured, spotted)  , a fresh-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish (Perca fluviatilis), generally distributed over See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and so well known as to have been selected for the type of an entire See also:

• FAMILY

family of spiny-rayed fishes, the Percidae, which is represented in See also:

• EUROPEAN

European fresh-See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters by several other fishes such as the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope (Acerina cernua) and the See also:

• PIKE
• PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY (1779-1813)

pike-See also:

• PERCH (through Fr. from Lat. perca, Gr. 7rEpKo; the last word is connected with 2repev6r, dark-coloured, spotted)
• PERCH (through Fr. perche from Lat. pertica, a pole or rod used for measurement)

perch (Lucioperca) . It inhabits See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers as well as lakes, but thrives best in waters with a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of not less than 3 ft.; in large deep lakes it frequently descends to depths of 30 fathoms arid more . It occurs in Scandinavia as far north as the 69th parallel, but does not extend to See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland or any of the islands north of Europe . In the See also:

• ALPS

Alps it ascends to an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 4000 ft . The shape of its See also:

• BODY

body is well proportioned, but many See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations occur, some specimens being singularly high-backed, others See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-bodied; sometimes such variations are See also:

• LOCAL

local, and See also:

• AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER EMANUEL (1835-191o)
• AGASSIZ, JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE (1807-1893)

Agassiz and other naturalists at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time thought it possible to distinguish two See also:

• SPECIES

species of the See also:

• COMMON

common perch of Europe; there are not even sufficient grounds, however, for separating specifically the North-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, which in the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of ichthyological See also:

• WORKS

works is described as Perca fiavescens . The brilliant and striking See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours of the perch render it easily recognizable even at a distance . A See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich greenish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown with See also:

• GOLDEN

golden reflections covers the back and sides, which are ornamented with five or seven dark See also:

• CROSS

cross-bands . A large See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black spot occupies the The Perch, Perca fluviatilis . membrane between the last spines of the dorsal fin; and the ventral, anal and See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the caudal are See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• VERMILION

vermilion . In the large peaty lakes of north See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany a beautiful variety is not uncommon, in which the golden tinge prevails, as in a See also:

• GOLDFISH (Cyprinus or Carassius auratus)

goldfish . The perch is strictly carnivorous and most voracious; it wanders about in small shoals within a certain See also:

• DISTRICT

district, playing sad havoc among small fishes, and is therefore not to be tolerated in waters where valuable See also:

• FRY
• FRY, ELIZABETH (178o-1845)
• FRY, SIR EDWARD (1827– )

fry is cultivated . Perch of three pounds in See also:

• WEIGHT

weight are not infrequently caught in suitable localities; one of five would now be regarded as an extraordinarily large specimen, although in older works we read of individuals exceeding even that weight .

Perch are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, wholesome See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, and highly esteemed in inland countries where marine fish can be obtained only with difficulty . The nearly allied pike-perch is one of the best European food-fishes . The perch is exceedingly prolific; it begins to spawn when three years old, in See also:

• APRIL

April or in the first See also:

• HALF

half of May, depositing the ova, which are See also:

• UNITED

united by a viscid See also:

• MATTER

matter in lengthened or See also:

• NET

net-shaped bands, on water See also:

• PLANTS

plants .