Sacramento perch
archoplites interruptus latin

The Sacramento perch's native habitat is in sluggish, vegetated waters of sloughs and lakes.

Three species, the thicktail chub, splittail, and Sacramento perch have been extirpated from the drainage; the thicktail chub is extinct.

Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus)

The Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) is a sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to the Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro, and Salinas River areas in California but widely introduced throughout the western United States.