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Perch
Name: Perch
Scientific name: Perca fluviatilis
Category: Fish
Nature Stars: 60
About: A medium sized fish, up to 40cm long. A 'high' fish, with a characteristic humped shape. A predator, Perch feed on invertebrates, crayfish and other fish. Lives in large ponds, lakes, reservoirs and lowland rivers.
How to identify: A greenish fish with dark tiger stripes, a large spiny dorsal fin and red pectoral and anal fins and tail.
Where: Found throughout the country, although rarer in north of Scotland.
Natural Superpowers
- Predator: 80
- Agility: 60
- Rarity: 50
- Cute factor: 20
- Traveller: 50
Fantastic fact: Females may lay up to 300,000 eggs, in long threads which they twist around plants, twigs and stones.
Photograph credit: Michel Roggo/naturepl
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- Date: 2017-12-21 12:56:20
- Dolph_ilus
Report abusesorry about the double comment accident with the keys
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one of the most common fish and due to its aggressiveness usually the first fish anyone ever catches in freshwater,great fish and great fun on rod and line.
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one of the most common fish and due to its aggressiveness usually the first fish anyone ever catches in freshwater,great fish and great fun on rod and line.
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I caught one of these while fishing with scouts. I then put him back in
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