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Pirate perch
The pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) is a freshwater fish of the Percopsiformes order. This small fish is native to the eastern half of North America. It is dark brown, sometimes with a darker band near the base tail.
Pirate Perch
Aphredoderus sayanus
Typically 4-5" in lenght. Characteristic of sluggish streams and standing water with dense vegetation. Numerous in the Pine Barrens.
Aphredoderidae, Pirate Perches
Umbridae, Mudminnows
Fundulidae, Killifishes
Poeciliidae, Livebearers
Cyprinidae, Minnows
Catostomidae, Suckers
Gasterosteidae, Sticklebacks
Atherinidae, Silversides ...
PERCOPSIFORMES
trout perches, sand rollers, pirate perches, cavefishes
GADIFORMES
Includes eel cods, codlets, eucla cods, grenadiers, deepsea cods, pelagic cods, cods, haddocks, hakes, burbots, phycid hakes, merluccid hakes ...
Of separate families are the pirate perch, a chubby little fish of sluggish streams and bayous (family Aphredoderidae), and the trout perch, or sand roller, a small fish abundant in the Great Lakes (family Mugiloididae).
 See also: Perch, Trout, Salmon, Mudminnow, Herring
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