Species profile

European perch

Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758

How we detect European perch

Occurrence density

Where European perch has been recorded

Aggregated occurrence records across its known range.

The European perch, also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the perch, is a predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and North Asia. It is the type species of the genus Perca.