Anyone tried this one? It is very good tasting fish and grows pretty fast.
The mandarin fish or Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) is a freshwater fish which lives in China. Its back is yellow, green or brown with many irregular black spots and patches. It has a big mouth and small round scales. Mandarin fish live in still water and move to deep water in winter. It should not be confused with the unrelated saltwater mandarinfish.
They can tolerate cooler water temperatures down to at least 65 degrees F., and the water should probably not be warmer than 75 degrees F.
The only other name they also go by is Chinese Spotted Perch. They are not aggressive like Cichlids, but they will eat anything that will fit in their mouths. They grow to be 20" long and then even bigger!
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Family: Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Chinese perch
Max. size: 70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 8,000 g (Ref. 56557); max. reported age: 9 years
Environment: benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 – 7.4; dH range: 2 - 5; depth range 10 – ? m
Climate: temperate; 4 – 22°C; 53°N - 34°N, 113°E - 142°E
Importance: fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=1-2)
Vulnerability: High vulnerability (56.80), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Asia: Amur River basin and China.
Biology: Inhabits rivers (Ref. 26334). A demersal piscivore which has very specialized feeding habits--as soon as it starts feeding, it feeds solely on fry of other fish species. Typical of a stalking predator, it relies on vision for following the movement of prey before leaping forward and snapping at the victim. Its prey consist mostly of diurnal fishes whose eyes have color vision and high acuity but cannot function at night. The habitat of the Chinese perch is usually rich in macrophytes and might be very turbid during rainy season (Ref. 28033).
Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Arratia, Gloria
Main Ref: Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka. 1996. (Ref. 13397)
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Chinese perch
Max. size: 70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 8,000 g (Ref. 56557); max. reported age: 9 years
Environment: benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 – 7.4; dH range: 2 - 5; depth range 10 – ? m
Climate: temperate; 4 – 22°C; 53°N - 34°N, 113°E - 142°E
Importance: fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=1-2)
Vulnerability: High vulnerability (56.80), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Asia: Amur River basin and China.
Biology: Inhabits rivers (Ref. 26334). A demersal piscivore which has very specialized feeding habits--as soon as it starts feeding, it feeds solely on fry of other fish species. Typical of a stalking predator, it relies on vision for following the movement of prey before leaping forward and snapping at the victim. Its prey consist mostly of diurnal fishes whose eyes have color vision and high acuity but cannot function at night. The habitat of the Chinese perch is usually rich in macrophytes and might be very turbid during rainy season (Ref. 28033).
Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Arratia, Gloria
Main Ref: Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka. 1996. (Ref. 13397)
