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Ammocrypta vivax Hay, 1882

Description

Common Names

  • Skællet sandsmutte , Danish , Denmark
  • Scaly sand darter , English , USA
  • 被鱗隱鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 被鳞隐鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 長壽鏢鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 长寿镖鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ammokripta , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

    Family: Percidae

    Genus: Ammocrypta

    Species: Ammocrypta vivax Hay, 1882

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • North America: Mississippi River basin from western Kentucky and southeastern Missouri south to southern Mississippi and west to eastern Oklahoma and Texas in the USA, and in Gulf drainages from Pascagoula River in Mississippi to San Jacinto River in Texas.

    • Biology

    Inhabits sandy runs of creeks, small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723) and streams (Ref. 10294). Feeds mainly on midge larvae and entomostracans (Ref. 79012).

    Habitat

    demersal