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Jade perch

Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917)

Status not recordedbony fish

The jade perch (Scortum barcoo) is a species in the family Terapontidae, order Centrarchiformes.

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Quick facts about the jade perch

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jade perch live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jade perch as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jade perch endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jade perch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyTerapontidae
  6. genusScortum
  7. SpeciesScortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite, 1917)

Synonyms Therapon barcoo

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Barcoo grunterEnglish
  • Black breamEnglish
  • bručoun sladkovodníCzech
  • Omega BarschGerman
  • omega barFrench
  • omegabaarsDutch
  • ปลาเก๋าหยกThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jade perch

Other species in the same genus Scortum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the jade perch an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jade perch as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jade perch?

The jade perch (Scortum barcoo) belongs to the family Terapontidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jade perch (Scortum barcoo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jade-perch

MLA

“Jade perch (Scortum barcoo).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jade-perch.

BibTeX
@misc{jade_perch_2026,
  title = {Jade perch (Scortum barcoo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jade-perch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}