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The word morone is an archaic variation of "maroon". [2] American politician-naturalist Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) first coined the genus in 1814, describing all four species of "perch of New York" he included under the genus (only two of which still remain classified under the genus today) as having "ruddy", "scarlet", or "reddish, rusty and ochreous" fins.
The white perch (Morone americana) is not a true perch but is a fish of the temperate bass family, Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America. In some places it is referred to as "Silver Bass". [citation needed] The common name "white perch" is sometimes applied to the white crappie (Pomoxis annularis). [3]
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With more than 338 bird species encountered, Acadia National Park is considered one of the premier bird-watching areas in the country, according to National Park Service, and is ranked first by Birda.
Moronidae was first proposed as a family in 1896 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. [1] The 5th edition of the Fishes of the World classifies this family in the order Moroniformes with the Ephippidae and Drepaneidae. [2]
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Due to a declining population, experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) included the bird on its Endangered Species. The Madagascar heron, also known as Humblot’s ...