black perch
noun
1A surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, of the east Pacific.
2 US any of the freshwater sunfishes of the genus Micropterus (family Centrarchidae).
3 Australian and NZ the luderick, Girella tricuspidata (family Kyphosidae).
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in William Penn (1644–1718), Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania.