Featured Perch Entry
Bass
Bass, bas, is a type of game fish known for its fighting ability when hooked. It is also a popular food fish. Many scientists recognize two chief groups of bass: (1) black bass and (2) true bass.
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Amberjack
Amberjack is a large, fast-swimming game fish found in warm and tropical oceans. People who fish...
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Angelfish
Angelfish is the name of a type of fish that has a thin, oval body and long, pointed fins....
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Archerfish
Archerfish is any of six species of large-eyed fish that can shoot drops of water from their...
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Barracuda
Barracuda, bar uh KOO duh, is the name of a family of marine fish with long, slender bodies and...
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Barramundi
Barramundi is the name of two unrelated species of fish. The giant perch is a large, valuable...
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Bass
Bass, bas, is a type of game fish known for its fighting ability when hooked. It is also a...
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Bluefish
Bluefish is a food fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to the southern tip of...
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Bonito
Bonito, buh NEE toh, is a large fish that lives in the open sea. Four species of bonitos live in...
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Bream
Bream is the name of various kinds of stout-bodied fish. In North America, the name bream is...
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Butterfish
Butterfish is a type of small, silvery-blue ocean fish shaped like a long serving plate with...
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Climbing perch
Climbing perch is a group of about 40 species of small freshwater fish that can move and breathe...
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Crappie
Crappie, KRAP ee or KRAHP ee, is a freshwater fish closely related to sunfish and black bass. It...
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Cutlassfish
Cutlassfish is a type of saltwater fish with a long, slender body that tapers to a hairlike tail....
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Darter
Darter is any of about 150 species of small freshwater fish belonging to the perch family....
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Doctorfish
Doctorfish is a tropical fish found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is grayish-brown to dark brown and...
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