White Perch
Contrary to what its name suggests, the White Perch is actually part of the bass family. Female White Perch mature by age 3 and produce 50,000 to 150,000 eggs which they release over the course of 10 to 21 days, when they ovulate. White Perch feed on insects, shrimps and small fish. Fish eggs are essential to the diet of White Perch and they may even eat their own eggs!
DID YOU KNOW?
White Perch are considered an invasive species to the Great Lakes and eat the eggs of other fish! The native region for this species is the Atlantic slope region of the eastern United States. They invaded the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal in the 1930s.
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Creation of the above page of educational resources was funded in part by the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program through the Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, and Agricultural and Rural Development.
This material is also based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1614187.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.