The silver perch is a large grunter with a small head, small eyes, a small mouth at the end of a pointed ‘beak-like’ snout. The species is streamlined and laterally compressed, with a spiny dorsal fin of medium height, angular soft dorsal and anal fins and a forked tail. Large specimens become very deep bodied with a large hump behind the head. In terms of colouration, they are dark grey to silvery greyish-brown on the back, silver-grey on the sides, with darker scale margins giving a checkered pattern; the belly is whitish; the dorsal and caudal fins are dark, the pelvic fins white

• Species – Bidyanus Bidyanus
• Common Name – Silver Perch
• Origin – Australia.
• Diet – Carnivores
• PH Range – 7.2 – 7.8
• Water Type – Hard
• Temperature – Tropical 20°c – 28°c
• Breed Type – Egg Layer
• Current Size – approximately 5cm (Grows to approximately 40cm)
• Sex – Un-sexed