Species: Percopsis omiscomaycus

Trout-perch

Species

Fishes

Encyclopedia of Puget Sound

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Percopsiformes

Family

Percopsidae

Genus

Percopsis

NatureServe

Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104223

Classification

Other Global Common Names

omisco

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae - Percopsis - ).

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

A small freshwater fish.

Habitat Type Description

Freshwater

Migration

true - true - false - May migrate between lake and spawning stream (Scott and Crossman 1973).

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Young feed on zooplankton to greater extent than do larger fishes, which feed on insects, crustaceans, and other invertebrates, mainly benthic species. Larger individuals may feed on fishes in winter (Scott and Crossman 1973, Becker 1983).

Reproduction Comments

Usually spawns in spring, but spawning may extend into late summer in some lakes. Most spawners are age I or II (Becker 1983, Scott and Crossman 1973).

Length

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

2008-01-08

Global Status Last Changed

1996-09-20

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Atlantic and Arctic basins throughout most of Canada from Quebec to Yukon and British Columbia and south to the Potomac River drainage, Virginia; Yukon River drainage, Yukon and Alaska; Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins south to West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, southern Illinois, central Missouri, North Dakota, and northern Montana; locally common in lakes, uncommon throughout most of range (Page and Burr 1991).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104223