Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854)
Sacramento perch
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Max. size:  73 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 1,440.0 g; max. reported age: 9 years
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  North America: Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro and Salinas River drainages in California, USA. Widely introduced elsewhere in western USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults occur in vegetated sloughs, pools of sluggish rivers and lakes; now most common in ponds and impoundments (Ref. 5723).
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 20 October 2011 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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