Cool Lake Perch Dissection Blog

Hello Americans. Welcome to our Cool Lake Perch Dissection Blog (cue airhorns). Today you're going to learn everything some things about dissecting Lake Perch fish. But first, some background knowledge on our friend, the Lake Perch. The Lake Perch is a freshwater fish found predominantly in freshwater lakes and ponds in the Northern Hemisphere, though some species have been introduced to Oceania. Just like me at a Buffalo Wild Wings, it is carnivorous; unlike me at Buffalo Wild Wings, it feeds not on wings but on smaller fish/crustaceans and insect larvae. Like most of its fish brethren it breathes through gills on the sides of its body, but unlike most of their fish brethren, some species of the Perch spawn their eggs by draping long strings of eggs over plants or other structures underwater. Now that we've got some context about the lake perch, let's talk dissection. Take a look at the pictures below where we've opened up a lake perch to show you its external and internal anatomy.

Now that you've seen the final product, check out this video to see how we did it!

https://youtu.be/RpM3lMmFyfk