Dogfish vs. Perch — What's the Difference?

A small sand-coloured bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts.

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek: πέρκη (perke), simply meaning perch, and the Latin forma meaning shape.

A small shark that resembles or is related to the dogfish, sometimes caught for food.

A rod or branch serving as a roost for a bird.

Any of various small sharks chiefly of the family Squalidae, often occurring in large schools.

An elevated place for resting or sitting.

See bowfin.

A position that is secure, advantageous, or prominent.

Any of various small sharks

A pole, stick, or rod.

Especially those from the family Squalidae

A linear measure equal to 5.50 yards or 16.5 feet (5.03 meters); a rod.

A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae

One square rod of land.

A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae

A unit of cubic measure used in stonework, usually 16.5 feet by 1.0 foot by 1.5 feet, or 24.75 cubic feet (0.70 cubic meter).

(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris

A frame on which cloth is laid for examination of quality.

(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula

Any of several spiny-finned freshwater fishes of the genus Perca, especially either of two edible species, the yellow perch of North America, and P. fluviatilis of Europe.

(Canada) Squalus suckleyi

Any of various similar fishes of the family Percidae, such as the walleye, or of other families, such as the white perch or the ocean perch.

(Bermuda) Mustelus canis

To alight or rest on a perch; roost

(Barbados) Bodianus rufus

To stand, sit, or rest on an elevated place or position.

(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis

To place on or as if on a perch

(Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum

To lay (cloth) on a perch in order to examine it.

(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

(South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda

The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

(Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus

The burbot of Lake Erie.

(Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus

Primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

(USA) Kyphosus azureus

Any of several small sharks

(UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

(figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.

(figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.

(dated) A linear measure of 2 yards, equal to a rod, a pole or 4 chain; the related square measure.

A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.

(textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.

A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.

(theatre) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

(intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.

(intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

To inspect cloth using a perch.

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis).

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

To occupy as a perch.

Support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

A linear measure of 16.5 feet

A square rod of land

An elevated place serving as a seat

Any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

Spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

Sit, as on a branch;

To come to rest, settle;

Cause to perch or sit;