Mandarin fish

This article is about the carnivorous freshwater fish also known as the Chinese perch. For the saltwater aquarium fish also known as the mandarin goby, see mandarinfish.

Mandarin fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Percichthyidae
Genus:	Siniperca
Species:	S. chuatsi
Binomial name
Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, 1855

The mandarin fish or Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) is a freshwater fish that lives in China. Its back is yellow, green or brown with many irregular black spots and patches. It has a big mouth and small round scales. Mandarin fish live in still water and move to deep water in winter. It should not be confused with the unrelated saltwater mandarinfish.

The mandarin fish is very popular as food in China. Its name (鳜鱼) appears in many Chinese poems and books.

References

• "Siniperca chuatsi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=641911. Retrieved 24 January 2006. 
• "culturespecies Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme Siniperca chuatsi (1)". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/figis/servlet/static?dom=culturespecies&xml=Siniperca_chuatsi.xml. Retrieved 2006-08-01. 

External links

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). "Siniperca chuatsi" in FishBase. October 2004 version.
• Fishbase - Genus Siniperca

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