Home › Words › S › sunperchsunperchsunperch means A regional name for any of various North American sunfish caught as panfish.EtymologyFrom sun + perch.nounA regional name for any of various North American sunfish caught as panfish.e.g.“All Bill caught were two smallish sunperch, barely worth the effort to clean and cook.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).