Name this Fish

[noreaster]

Actually I think it is a white perch after reading a bit but would like a second third or as many opinions as anyone wants to give.

The thickest part of its body is just ahead of its dorsal fin or so it seems.

I'm asking because i've never seen a white perch or a white bass but HAVE seen many a stripe bass .

That and I just like showing off my fish .
:grinyes:



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[Oddball]

Yep, looks like the white perch we used to catch and eat. Here's a bit of info:



White Perch

Morone americana

Life History

White perch are semi-anadromous members of the family, Percichthyidae, that migrate to tidal fresh and slightly brackish waters each spring to spawn. They are one of the most abundant fish in Chesapeake Bay and will spend their entire lives here. These fish are silvery and frequently have irregular dusky longitudinal lines along its body. Their dorsal fins are separate and their anal fin possesses three strong spines. White perch range from Nova Scotia to South Carolina, but are most abundant from the Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay.

White perch spawn from April through June in fresh to low-salinity waters of large rivers over fine gravel or sand. Males are usually mature by age 2 and females, by age 3. Females produce from 50,000 - 150,000 eggs and do not release them all at once; ovulation may occur over a period of 10-21 days. Individual females are surrounded by several males and eggs and sperm are spread randomly. Eggs are generally demersal and attached in still water, but are pelagic in free-flowing streams and tidal waters. Eggs usually hatch from 1 to 6 days after fertilization. Juveniles use inshore areas of estuaries and creeks downstream of their spawning area during the first summer and fall, and feed on aquatic insects and small crustaceans. Adults tend to inhabit open waters close to shore, but may also frequent quiet streams well up into the tributaries from March - November. During the winter months, they can be found in downstream portions of the tributaries and deeper channel areas throughout the Bay. White perch are bottom-oriented fish and predaceous carnivores whose diet consists of crabs, shrimp, and small fishes. These fish typically live 9-10 years.

[Lepomis]

looks like a white perch to me.

[noreaster]

Thanks guys I thought so also from reading around but conformation is always good.

Any body ever try keeping one ?

[Oddball]

I miss white perch since leaving the northeast. Now, I get to fish for the white perch's cousin; the non-hydrid Mississippi striped bass (Morone mississippiensis)

[fishyz]

Where's guppy he'll know.

[Oddball]

Where's guppy he'll know.

What am I, chopped liver??!!

[fishyz]

No your Oddball because your odd. ewurm is closer to chomped liver than any of us. :ROFL: :j/k:

[meepster]

If it has irregular borken bars, then its not a perch. Its most likely a perch if it has dark/black fins.

If it has long unbroken bars, you got yourself a striper, if it has broken bars, its either a Wiper or a Chesapeke/Hudson Striper strain.

[Oddball]

If it has irregular borken bars, then its not a perch. Its most likely a perch if it has dark/black fins.

If it has long unbroken bars, you got yourself a striper, if it has broken bars, its either a Wiper or a Chesapeke/Hudson Striper strain.

Can't judge by the bars due to regional differences. The obvious trait to differentiate the striper from the wiper is that the two dorsal fins are separated in the striper and joined in the wiper.

[fisher12889]

Also by the tongue. White bass and striper have 1 rough patch on the tongue, while on wiper it is split into 2 patches. (It may be opposite of this, im not 100% sure but I know that the tongue patch is different in the hybrid)