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Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855)

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

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless