Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A perch, as a member of the Percidæ.
- Like a perch; percoid or percine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the
Percidae .
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While the warmer-water percid and cyprinid species are restricted to the southwest and unlikely to extend their range to the north (unless moved by humans) because of dispersal barriers [18], the euryhaline salmonids are able to move from estuary to estuary as conditions allow.
Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009
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