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Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854) Sacramento perch |
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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. | |||
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| 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 | |||