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title: "Silver Perch"
description: "Bairdiella chrysoura — Vissen. Bairdiella chrysoura, the American silver perch, silver croaker or goldtail croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/silver-perch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silver Perch

> Bairdiella chrysoura — Vissen. Bairdiella chrysoura, the American silver perch, silver croaker or goldtail croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

- Scientific name: *Bairdiella chrysoura*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1952
- Wikidata: [Q2514677](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2514677)
- iNaturalist taxon: [179512](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179512)

## Names

- en: Silver Perch
- de: Silber-Umber
- es: Ronco amarillo
- fr: Mamselle blanche

## Countries with the most observations

US (1817), MX (10)

## Summary

Bairdiella chrysoura, the American silver perch, silver croaker or goldtail croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This species is widespread along the eastern cost of North America and is commonly caught by inshore anglers in search of larger species. This fish is common up to 20 cm (7.9 in), but can be found uncommonly to 30 cm (12 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairdiella_chrysoura

## Photo

![Silver Perch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-perch/medium.jpg)

Photo: iluvsinkholes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264679311

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silver-perch?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).