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European perch

Perca fluviatilisAlso called Perca fluviatilis, perch, redfin perch and big-scaled redfin

European perch is a fish with firm, flaky flesh. Cooks grill it.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Family
Percidae
Texture
Firm, flaky
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Italy
European perch, whole

Photo: Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use european perch

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Grill

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Firm
  • Flaky

Around the world

Where european perch is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses european perch. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list european perch among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Europe, Asia

On the table

Dishes made with european perch

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Brustico

    Italy

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include european perch.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: european perch in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What european perch is called

Names in 120 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Perca fluviatilis · perca · perca europea · perca eurasiática

  • French

    perche commune · Perca fluviatilis · Perche fluviatile · Perche européenne

  • Italian

    Perca fluviatilis · Pesce persico · Persico reale

  • Portuguese

    Perca fluviatilis

  • German

    Flussbarsch · Perca fluviatilis · Flußbarsch · Barsch

  • Dutch

    baars · Perca fluviatilis

  • Greek

    Πέρκα · Περκί · Πιρκί

  • Turkish

    Tatlısu levreği · Perca fluviatilis

  • Russian

    речной окунь · Perca fluviatilis · окунь · обыкнове́нный окунь

  • Polish

    Okoń europejski · Perca fluviatilis macedonica · Perca fluviatilis intermedius · Okoń

  • Arabic

    فرخ أوروبي

  • Persian

    لوتی اروپایی

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  • Afrikaans

    Europese baars · Perca fluviatilis

  • Albanian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Aragonese

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Arpitan

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Asturian

    Perca fluviatilis · Perca euroasiática · perca euroasiática

  • Austrian German

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Azerbaijani

    Xanı balığı · Perca fluviatilis

  • Basque

    Perka arrunt · Perca fluviatilis

  • Bavarian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Belarusian

    акунь звычайны · Perca fluviatilis · Акунь

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    акунь эўрапейскі · акунь звычайны · акунь

  • Bosnian

    Grgeč · Perca fluviatilis

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Breton

    Perch · Perca fluviatilis

  • Bulgarian

    костур · Меше · речен костур

  • Buriat

    Алгана · Perca fluviatilis

  • Cantonese

    鱸魚

  • Catalan

    perca de riu · Perca fluviatilis

  • Cebuano

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Chinese

    鲈鱼 · 鱸魚 · 河鲈

  • Corsican

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Croatian

    Grgeč · Perca fluviatilis

  • Czech

    okoun říční · Perca fluviatilis

  • Danish

    aborre · Perca fluviatilis

  • Egyptian Arabic

    فرخ اوروبى

  • Esperanto

    Eŭropa perko · Perca fluviatilis

  • Estonian

    ahven · Perca fluviatilis · harilik ahven

  • Finnish

    ahven · Perca fluviatilis

  • Friulian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Galician

    Perca común · Perca fluviatilis

  • Georgian

    ქორჭილა · Perca fluviatilis

  • Hebrew

    פרקה

  • Hungarian

    csapósügér · Perca fluviatilis

  • Icelandic

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Ido

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Inari Sami

    vuásku · Perca fluviatilis

  • Indonesian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Interlingua

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Interlingue

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Irish

    Peirse · Perca fluviatilis

  • Japanese

    ヨーロピアンパーチ

  • Kashubian

    Òkùnk · Perca fluviatilis

  • Kazakh

    Алабұға (балық)

  • Kongo

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Korean

    유라시아민물농어

  • Kyrgyz

    Окунь сымалдар

  • Latin

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Latvian

    Asaris · Perca fluviatilis · Eiropas asaris

  • Ligurian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Limburgish

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Literary Chinese

    鱸魚

  • Lithuanian

    ešerys · Perca fluviatilis · paprastasis europinis ešerys · ešeriai

  • Lombard

    Perca fluviatilis · Pèrsec

  • Low German

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Low Saxon

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Lule Sami

    vuoskun · Perca fluviatilis

  • Luxembourgish

    Piisch · Perca fluviatilis

  • Macedonian

    костреш · перкија · европски костреш · гргеч

  • Malagasy

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Malay

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Manchu

    ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠮᡥᠠ

  • Mari

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Minangkabau

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Moksha

    Пиштемгал

  • Neapolitan

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Northern Sami

    vuoskku · Perca fluviatilis · vuskkon · vuskon

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    abbor · Åbbor · Perca fluviatilis · Åbor

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Åbor · Abborar · Tryte · Åborar

  • nrm

    Perca fluviatilis

  • nys

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Occitan

    Perca fluviatilis

  • olo

    Ahven · Perca fluviatilis

  • Picard

    Pércout · Perca fluviatilis

  • Piedmontese

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Romanian

    biban european · Perca fluviatilis · biban

  • Romansh

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Rusyn

    Кострыш · Стрихан · Острах

  • Samogitian

    Ešerīs · Perca fluviatilis

  • Sardinian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Saterland Frisian

    Boars · Flussbarsch · Perca fluviatilis

  • Scots

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Scottish Gaelic

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Serbian

    Гргеч · Perca fluviatilis · Бандар

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    Гргеч

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Grgeč · Perca fluviatilis

  • Sicilian

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Simplified Chinese

    河鲈

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    河鲈

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    河鲈

  • sjd

    вуэсск · Perca fluviatilis · вуэсскан

  • sje

    Perca fluviatilis

  • sju

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Skolt Sami

    vuâsk · Perca fluviatilis

  • Slovak

    Ostriež zelenkastý · Perca fluviatilis

  • Slovenian

    navadni ostriž · Perca fluviatilis

  • Southern Sami

    sihtege · Perca fluviatilis

  • Swahili

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Swedish

    abborre · Perca fluviatilis

  • Swiss German

    Egli · Flussbarsch · Perca fluviatilis

  • Swiss High German

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Thai

    ปลาเพิร์ชยุโรป

  • Tornedalen Finnish

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Traditional Chinese

    鱸魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    河鱸

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    河鱸

  • Tuvinian

    Ала-буга

  • Udmurt

    Юш · Perca fluviatilis

  • Ukrainian

    окунь звичайний · Perca fluviatilis · окунь річковий

  • Venetian

    Pèrsego · Pesse pèrsego · Perseghèto · Pèrsego reale

  • Vietnamese

    Cá pecca châu Âu · Perca fluviatilis

  • Volapük

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Võro

    Ahhun

  • Walloon

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Waray

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Welsh

    Draenogyn Dŵr Croyw · Perca fluviatilis

  • West Flemish

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Western Frisian

    Bears · Perca fluviatilis

  • Western Mari

    Алангы · Perca fluviatilis

  • Wolof

    Perca fluviatilis

  • Wu Chinese

    河鲈

  • Zulu

    Perca fluviatilis

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q166812

Photos

Photo: Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons