Author: (Mitchell, 1838)
FBname: Silver perch
Comments: Adults are found in rivers, lakes and reservoirs, preferring fast-flowing waters of rapids and races and usually forming aggregations near the surface.  Usually found below rapids and weirs (Ref. 44894).  Feed on aquatic insects, mollusks, earthworms and plants.  Temp.:  2-37°C.  Maturity:  F, 3 y and 34 cm SL; M, 23.3 cm SL.  Spawning:  summer (Nov.-Jan., 23-30°C water temp.), effect upstream migration.  Fecundity:  500000 eggs per 1.8kg.  Eggs:  pelagic, 2.7-2.8 mm diameter.  Hatching:  30 hrs at 26-27°C.  Larvae:  3.6 mm at hatching.  A good angling and food fish which has been increasingly utilized as an aquaculture species in farm dams throughout Australia (Ref. 44894).