Thus perch, a fish, from perca; but perch, a measure, from pertica, and likewise to perch.
"A Grammar of the English Tongue"
Samuel Johnson
It is closely allied to the Anabas scandens of Cuvier, the perca scandens of Daldorf.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
There is no great variety in the kinds of fish, but the individuals are numerous, especially a well-flavoured sort of salmon, and herrings; a Pleuronectes several feet long, and a reddish yellow perca two feet long and very thick, are extremely abundant.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue