Perch (disambiguation)

Perch may refer to:

• Perch (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
• The USS Perch, multiple ships with the name
• Perch (unit), antique unit of measure of length, area or volume, depending on context, used in medieval France and the British Isles. As a unit of length, replaced by the rod
• Perch, the main shaft connecting the front and rear axles of a coach or other vehicle
• Perch SSSI a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England
• Perch (equilibristic), an equilibristic balancing act
• The Perch (Binsey), a historic pub in Binsey, Oxfordshire, England
• The Perch, a historic house in Austin, Texas, USA, part of Granger House and The Perch
• Perch class submarines, world war two era submarines of United States

Fish

• Perch, the common name for the freshwater fish in the genus Perca
  • Balkhash perch (Perca schrenkii)
  • European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
  • Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
• Temperate perch, fish of the family Percichthyidae

• Several other species of fish, including:
  • Barber perch (Caesioperca rasor)
  • Estuary perch (Macquaria colonorum)
  • Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua)
  • Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica)
  • Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
  • Pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus)
  • White perch (Morone americana)
  • Rock Perch (Ambloplites rupestris)
  • Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus)
  • shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)
  • Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)
  • American silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura)
  • Climbing perch family (Climbing gourami, Anabantidae)
  • Lepomis species are often called perch in some areas of the United States, especially in the Ozarks region.