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Is Perch kosher?

Yes — Perch is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Perch has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

Perch

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Also known as
Blackperth, Blue Pike, Cichlids, Drum, Muskellunge, Pickerel, Pike, Pike Perch, Pikeperch, Pile Perch, Sauger, Sauget, Scorpionfish, Sea Perch, Sufperche, Surf Perch, Surfperch, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Yellow Pike, Yellow perch, yellow
Kosher status
Kosher

About Perch

See also: Temperate basses, Drums, Cichlids, Surfperches, Scorpionfishes Family Percidae. Including: Yellow perch (Perca flavescens); Walleye, pike perch, or yellow or blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum); Sauget (Stizostedion canadense)

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv

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