This is a small species of perch (adults usually <300 mm) with laterally compressed in cross section, with 6-8 dark vertical bars on the sides, 2 spines, 6-8 soft rays in the anal fin; small teeth in bruch-like patches on the jaws and roof of the mouth. For further information and a discussion of similar species, refer to McPnail (2008).
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BC Distribution and Notes Most B.C. populations of this species are introduced; however, it is possible that the Swan Lake population near Tupper in the Peace Region is native. It is indigenous to Peace River drainages in adjacent Alberta and was first recorded from Swan Lake in B.C. in the 1950s. Source: Information provided by Don McPhail for E-Fauna BC. Global Distribution North America: Atlantic, Arctic, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from Nova Scotia and Quebec west to Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories in Canada, and south to Ohio, Illinois and Nebraska in the USA; south in Atlantic drainages to Santee River in South Carolina, USA. Source: FishBase. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p |
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