mandarin fish (S. scherzeri).. The famed Jiangsu dish of squirrel fish is typically prepared with mandarin fish. Species description and etymology Siniperca chuatsi was first formally described as Perca chuatsi in 1855 by the Russian ichthyologist, missionary and physician Stepan Ivanovich Basilewsky (died c. 1867) with the type locality given as "rivers in Hopei Province". The generic name is a compound of sino meaning "of China" and perca meaning "perch" while the specific name chuatsi is a rendering of the local name of the fish. References Siniperca Freshwater fish of China Fish of Russia Fish of Vietnam Taxa named by Stepan Ivanovich Basilewsky Fish described in 1855