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are rarely targeted as game fish due to their small size, though they are considered good eating. They are most commonly caught as bycatch when fishing inshore or nearshore for species such as black drum and sheepshead. Silver perch are occasionally used as bait by fishermen.
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338:Distribution and habitat
771:Fish described in 1802
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264:American silver perch
226:Bodianus argyroleucus
207:Dipterodon chrysourus
540:Bairdiella chrysoura
488:Bairdiella chrysoura
465:Bairdiella chrysoura
405:Bairdiella chrysoura
381:Bairdiella chrysoura
366:Bairdiella chrysoura
343:Bairdiella chrysoura
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