Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Archoplites interruptus · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 73 cm
The Sacramento perch is a centrarchid whose adults occur in vegetated sloughs and in the pools of sluggish rivers and lakes, and it is now most common in ponds and impoundments. Maximum length is about 73 cm total length, commonly about 30 cm, and it can live nine years. It is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is high at 60 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as endangered.
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