CreatureData

Perch

Percalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)

Status not recordedbony fish

The perch (Percalates colonorum) is a species in the family Percichthyidae, order Centrarchiformes.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the 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 perch live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Fiji

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 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 perch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyPercichthyidae
  6. genusPercalates
  7. SpeciesPercalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)

Synonyms Dules novemaculeatus alta, Dules novemaculeatus var. alta, Lates antarcticus, Lates colonorum, Lates curtus, Lates ramsayi, Lates victoriae, Macquaria colonorum

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Brackish water perchEnglish
  • Estuarine perchEnglish
  • Estuary perchEnglish
  • Gippsland perchEnglish
  • paokoun stříbrolesklýCzech
  • MundingsaborreDanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the perch

Other species in the same genus Percalates.

Perch

Percalates novemaculeatus

PercichthyidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePerch vs Perch

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the perch an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the perch?

The perch (Percalates colonorum) belongs to the family Percichthyidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Perch (Percalates colonorum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/percalates-colonorum

MLA

“Perch (Percalates colonorum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/percalates-colonorum.

BibTeX
@misc{percalates_colonorum_2026,
  title = {Perch (Percalates colonorum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/percalates-colonorum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}