Editing Yellow perch (section)

{{Short description|Species of freshwater fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = 1.8-0 Ma {{Fossil range|Calabrian|Present}}
| image = YellowPerch.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=NatureServe |date=2013 |title=''Perca flavescens'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T202567A18235054 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202567A18235054.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = G5
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref name = NatureServe>{{cite web | url = https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102985/Perca_flavescens | title = ''Perca flavescens'' Yellow Perch | access-date = 12 September 2020 | publisher = NatureServe}}</ref>
| taxon = Perca flavescens
| authority = ([[Samuel Latham Mitchill|Mitchill]], 1814)
| synonyms = *''Morone flavescens'' <small>Mitchill, 1814</small>
*''Perca fluviatilis flavescens'' <small>(Mitchill, 1814)</small>
*''Perca americana'' <small>[[Franz von Paula Schrank|Schrank]], 1792</small>
*''Perca notata'' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1818</small>
*''Perca acuta'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1828</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Perca|flavescens|month=December|year=2019}}</ref>
| range_map = Perca flavescens map.svg
| range_map_caption = Native range of yellow perch
}}

The '''yellow perch''' ('''''Perca flavescens'''''), commonly referred to as '''perch''', '''striped perch''', '''American perch''' or '''preacher''' is a freshwater [[perciform]] fish native to much of [[North America]]. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by [[Samuel Latham Mitchill]] from New York. It is closely related, and morphologically similar to the [[European perch]] (''Perca fluviatilis''); and is sometimes considered a subspecies of its European counterpart.<ref name="ref1">{{cite journal|last1=Brown|first1=T. G.|last2=Runciman|first2=B.|last3=Bradford|first3=M. J.|last4=Pollard|first4=S.|date=2009|title=A biological synopsis of yellow perch ''Perca flavescens''|journal=Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences|volume=2883|page=i–v, 1–28|url=https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/337848.pdf|access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>

Latitudinal variability in age, growth rates, and size have been observed among populations of yellow perch, likely resulting from differences in day length and annual water temperatures. In many populations, yellow perch often live 9 to 10 years, with adults generally ranging {{cvt|4|–|10|in|cm|abbr=on}} in length.

The world record for a yellow by weight is {{cvt|4|lb|3|oz|kg|abbr=on}}, and was caught in May 1865 in [[Bordentown, New Jersey]], by Dr. C. Abbot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://igfa.org/igfa-world-records-search/?search_type=CommonName&search_term_1=Perch,%20yellow|website=International Game Fish Association|title=Perch, yellow (''Perca flavescens'')|access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> It is the longest-standing record for a freshwater fish in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watergremlin.com/10575/#:~:text=But%20one%20fish%20record%20has,May%201865%2C%20150%20years%20ago!|access-date=22 November 2022|date=15 March 2018|last=Sutton|first=Keith "Catfish"|website=Water Gremlin|title=Oldest Fishing Record}}</ref>