Sand Roller
Percopsis transmontana
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Percopsis transmontana, the sand roller, is a species of percopsiform fish endemic to the Columbia River drainage in the northwestern United States. This species grows to a length of 9.6 centimetres (3.8 in) TL. Sand rollers can live up to 6 years in slow-moving, sandy-bottomed streams and rivers among vegetation. Their diet includes flies and Trichoptera, although juveniles also have been known to eat crustacean zooplankton.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Percopsiformes
- Family
- Percopsidae
- Genus
- Percopsis