pond perch

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“pond perch” is listed under Pondfish.

Zoology Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidæ; — called also pond perch, and sunfish.

☞ The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus) is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny. See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54