What is "silver perch"

Mademoiselle \Ma`de*moi`selle"\, n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles. [F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.]

1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.
   --Goldsmith.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish ( Sci[ae]na chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

1. n. small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico [syn: mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura]

2. small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams [syn: white perch, Morone americana]

Silver perch is a common name for several fishes and may refer to:

• Bairdiella chrysoura, native to the east coast of the United States
• Bidyanus bidyanus, endemic to Australia
• Leiopotherapon plumbeus, endemic to the Philippines