1. Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
   "The silver perch's shiny scales glinted in the shallow water";
   - mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura
    
2. Small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
   "silver perch are commonly caught in the Chesapeake Bay";
   - white perch, Morone americana

Derived forms: silver perches

Type of: drum, drumfish, serranid, serranid fish

Part of: Bairdiella, genus Bairdiella, genus Morone, Morone

Encyclopedia: Silver perch