Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Percidae > Subfamily Percinae

Perca Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: baars sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

French: perche sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

German: Barsch

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Perca Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151313

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Perca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6f8b9b4e-8120-4122-9ee4-9c86ef0ee282