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.
Percopsis transmontana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Percopsiformes |
Family: | Percopsidae |
Genus: | Percopsis |
Species: | P. transmontana
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Binomial name | |
Percopsis transmontana (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1892)
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Percopsis transmontana". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Percopsis transmontana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202614A18230489. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202614A18230489.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.