2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
belonging to the {Percid[ae]}, {Serranid[ae]}, and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
{Black perch}.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.
{Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.
{Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.
{Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.
{Silver perch}, the yellowtail.
{Stone}, or {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.
{White perch}, the {Roccus, or Morone, Americanus}, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
{Striped bass}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bass}.
{Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
{striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.
{Striped mullet}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.
{Striped snake} (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake.
{Striped squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), the chipmunk.