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shiner perch

noun

  1. a small, silvery surfperch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting estuaries, streams, and lagoons along the Pacific coast of North America.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shiner perch1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences

Pink and chum salmon and shiner perch were the fish they saw most along the new seawall, with the salmon mostly present in April and May.

Eddie Vine ramp, Shilshole Bay -- May 4: Six boats with 15 anglers caught 10 flounder and three lingcod; May 6: Nine boats with 23 anglers caught 16 flounder, nine lingcod and 57 shiner perch.

Where thy stainless clay doth lie, Blue and open is the sky, And the white clouds wander by, Dreams of summer silently Darkening the river; Thou hearest the clear water run; And the ripples every one, Scattering the golden sun, Through thy silence quiver; Vines trail down upon the stream, Into its smooth and glassy dream A green stillness spreading, And the shiner, perch, and bream Through the shadowed waters gleam 'Gainst the current heading.

The daily limit for shiner perch is 15.

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