Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854)

Description


Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Genus: Archoplites

Species: Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854)

Climate Zone


  • Temperate
  • Location


  • North America: Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro and Salinas River drainages in California, USA. Widely introduced elsewhere in western USA.
  • Biology


    Adults occur in vegetated sloughs, pools of sluggish rivers and lakes; now most common in ponds and impoundments (Ref. 5723).

    Habitat


    benthopelagic