Max Size: 45 cm (19in)
Habitat: Fresh and brackish rivers, lakes, and coastal areas from Lake Ontario and Nova Scotia to South Carolina; found throughout most of the Hudson
Diet: Fish eggs, minnows, grass shrimp and bloodworms
Fun Facts:
- White Perch are euryhaline: tolerating a wide range of salinity and are thus found in both brackish and freshwater throughout New York State
- Females can lay over 140,000 eggs in a span of one week
- Hard scales and spiny fins protect fish from predators
- Not true perch, but in fact bass of the same genus as striped bass