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  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Spiny-rayed Fishes
  6. Perch-like Fishes

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Perch-like Fishes

Perciformes

Includes
272 native 3 introduced 40 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Perches, Groupers and Allies 131 native
  • Sculpins and Allies 67 native
  • Scorpionfishes and Allies 47 native
  • Eelpouts and Allies 22 native
  • Sticklebacks and Allies 5 native
  • Icefishes and Allies

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native perch-like fishes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Yellow Perch Perca flavescens 11,590 observations
  • Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 10,423 observations
  • Tidepool Sculpin Oligocottus maculosus 9,785 observations
  • Woolly Sculpin Clinocottus analis 8,195 observations
  • Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum 7,090 observations
  • Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare 5,267 observations
  • Walleye Sander vitreus 4,584 observations
  • Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus 3,909 observations
  • Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans 3,579 observations
  • Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile 3,318 observations
  • Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides 3,272 observations
  • Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum 3,269 observations
  • Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii 3,145 observations
  • Copper Rockfish Sebastes caurinus 2,995 observations
  • Kelp Bass Paralabrax clathratus 2,762 observations
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