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a fish so common it forgot how to be rare and became delicious instead
means A perch is a spiny-finned freshwater fish (genus Perca) prized for its mild, flaky flesh — or, more loosely, any of various similar food fishes.
from From Old French 'perche', from Latin 'perca', borrowed in turn from Greek 'perke', the name for the fish. The Greek word is thought to be related to 'perknos', meaning dark-spotted or dappled — a nod to the markings along its sides, so the fish was essentially named 'the speckled one'. (Note this perch is unrelated to the other 'perch' — the bird's roost — which comes from Latin 'pertica', a pole.)
- name twins
- means both a fish and a bird's seat
- spiny defense
- sharp dorsal fins deter would-be predators
- old measurement
- a perch once measured land, about 5.5 yards
- global spread
- Nile perch invaded and wrecked Lake Victoria's ecosystem
- eye shine
- reflective layer lets perch hunt in murky water
lake michigan — yellow perch population supports commercial and recreational fishing along michigan shores
baltic sea — european perch is a major commercial fish species in baltic fisheries
sander lucioperca — pike-perch species found in european freshwaters and caspian sea