black perch

American  

noun

1. a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.

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Example Sentences

He was called simply "Joe Lee," or more frequently "Black Perch."

From Project Gutenberg

And I will here state, for the benefit of those navigators who have little experience in those seas, that on the edge of soundings in all parts of the West Indies, and particularly on the edges of the Bahamas and Salt Key Bank, abundance of fish of excellent quality, as black perch, kingfish, barracooter, and Spanish mackerel, may be taken by trailing during a breeze, in any reasonable quantity.

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Some black perch were caught in one of the creeks, and scrub turkeys were seen.

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