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Australian native fish, silver perch, table fish, sports
fishing, fresh water fishing, dam stock freshwater fish, spangled perch, python
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Silver Perch
Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838)
Above and below: A 36 cm long Silver Perch caught by New South Wales
Department of Primary Industries, using a boat electrofisher, in March 2005.
The fish was caught at a depth of 3 m, upstream of Narrandera, Murrumbidgee
River, New South Wales, March 2005. It was released after being measured.
Photo: J. Pogonoski © NSW
Department of Primary Industries. View
larger image.
The Silver Perch is a moderately elongate fish with a small head and small
scales. Colouration varies with water conditions. Adults are often silver-grey
with darker scale margins but they can be greenish, brown or golden. The belly
is white and the
median fins are grey. The pelvic fins are usually white.
This species grows to 40 cm in length and 8 kg in weight, however 30 cm and
1.5 kg individuals are more commonly seen.
The Silver Perch is
endemic to Australia. It occurs naturally in freshwaters throughout much of
the Murray-Darling Drainage of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South
Australia. It has been introduced into the Lake Eyre Basin and coastal river
systems of south-eastern Queensland, New South Wales and south-western Western
Australia. It prefers fast-flowing waters but is also known from rivers, lakes
and reservoirs.
View a
map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish
Collection.
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