Sand roller
(Percopsis transmontana)

General data

Scientific names: Sand roller
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Temperate
Distribution: Columbia

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.