Fish of Alberta

The St Mary River Sculpin isn't added because it hasn't been described. Banff Longnose Dace and Jewel Cichlid have also not been added because they are extinct/extirpated. The Athabasca Rainbow Trout has also not been added because it is a variant and not a subspecies. Smallmouth Bass have also ...more ↓

Yellow Perch

The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), commonly referred to as perch, is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill from New York. It is closely related, and morphologically similar to the European perch (Perca fluviatilis); and is sometimes considered a subspecies of its European ...more ↓

Edited by Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)