Percopsis transmontana
| Percopsis transmontana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Percopsiformes |
| Family: | Percopsidae |
| Genus: | Percopsis |
| Species: | P. transmontana |
| Binomial name | |
| Percopsis transmontana (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1892) | |
Percopsis transmontana, the Sand roller, is a species of percopsiform fish endemic to the Columbia River drainage in the northwestern United States. This species grows to a length of 9.6 centimetres (3.8 in) TL. Sand rollers can live up to 6 years in slow-moving, sandy-bottomed streams and rivers among vegetation. Their diet includes flies and Trichoptera, although juveniles also have been known to eat crustacean zooplankton.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Percopsis transmontana" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Percopsis transmontana ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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