Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)
Eastern sand darter
Ammocrypta pellucida
photo by Dextrase, A.

 Family:  Percidae (Perches), subfamily: Etheostomatinae
 Max. size:  8.4 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  North America: St. Lawrence River drainage in southern Quebec in Canada, Vermont and New York in USA; in Great Lakes in Canada-USA (Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and southern Lake Huron) and Ohio River basins from western New York to eastern Illinois and south to Kentucky, USA.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Inhabits sandy runs of small to medium rivers, usually in 60 cm or deeper water. Locally common but rapidly decreasing in abundance due to siltation and deterioration of water quality (Ref. 5723).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: Reyes, Rodolfo B. - 18.07.13
 Checked by: Torres, Armi G. - 30.04.94

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