Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Syngnathiformes
Galaxiiformes
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Osteoglossiformes
Esociformes
Dactylopteriformes
Orectolobiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Percopsiformes
Petromyzontiformes
Lepisosteiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Cypriniformes
Characiformes
Ateleopodiformes
Carcharhiniformes
Myxiniformes
Carangiformes
Atheriniformes
Kurtiformes
Eupercaria/misc
Trachichthyiformes
Perciformes/Serranoidei
Argentiniformes
Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Scombriformes
Zeiformes
Beloniformes
Blenniiformes

Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Genus: Acantharchus

Species: Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855)

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

North America: widely distributed in Atlantic Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont drainages from Hudson River in New York to St. Johns River in Florida, USA and in Gulf Coastal Plain drainages of northern Florida and southern Georgia, USA from Suwannee River to St. Marks River.

Biology

Usually occurs over mud and detritus in vegetated sloughs, lakes, and pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers.

Habitat

demersal