Taxonomy
The first scientific description of the river perch was made by Peter Artedi in 1730. He defined the basic morphological signs of this species after studying perch from Swedish lakes. Artedi described its features, counting the fin rays scales and vertebrae of the typical perch.
In 1758 Carl Linnaeus named it Perca fluviatilis. His description was based on Artedi's research.
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