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Yellow Perch

Yellow Perch have 6 to 9 dark, vertical bars on top of bright yellowish green to orange color on their side. Long dorsal with two distinct lobes. Lower fins have a yellow to orange tinge.

Yellow perch fish illustration by Joseph R. Tomelleri.

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About This Species

Yellow perch are most commonly found in clear water near vegetation and tend to school near the shore during the spring. 

Fish
Perca flavescens