Sand roller
(Percopsis transmontana)
General data
Scientific names:
Sand roller
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climate:
Temperate
Native:
North America
Distribution:
Columbia River
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.
