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| Sacramento perch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centrarchidae |
| Genus: | Archoplites Gill, 1861 |
| Species: | A. interruptus
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| Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854)
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The Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) is an endangered sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, Pajaro, and Salinas River areas in California, but widely introduced throughout the western United States.
The Sacramento perch's native habitat is in sluggish, heavily vegetated, waters of sloughs and lakes. It can reach a maximum overall length of 73 cm (29 in) and a maximum weight of 1.4 kg (3.1 lb), and it has been reported to live as long as nine years.[3] Its adaptability to different habitats is high, and it can survive on a wide variety of food sources. As young perch, they consume mainly small crustaceans and eventually move on to insect larvae and then smaller fish as adults.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Archoplites interruptus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202432A2744850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202432A2744850.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Archoplites interruptus" in FishBase. May 2023 version.