Specimen Information

Perca flavescens
Perca flavescens
(Yellow Perch)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID45533
GroupFishes
GenusPerca
Speciesflavescens
Common NameYellow Perch
StateVA
LocalityNew drainage (Kanawha above the falls)
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameKanawha
HUC8 Number05050000
Map
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:706
Author:Jenkins, R.E., and N.M. Burkhead.
Date:1994
Title:Freshwater fishes of Virginia.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society
Pages:1079 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:1662
Author:Hocutt, C.H., R.E. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1986
Title:Zoogeography of the fishes of the central Appalachians and central Atlantic coastal plain.
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Pages:161-212
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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