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Pirate Perches
Aphredoderus
The pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) is a freshwater fish that commonly inhabits coastal waters along the east coast of the United States and the backwater areas of the Mississippi Valley. This species is often found towards the bottom of clear, warm water habitats with low currents. These fish are normally solitary, carnivorous, and nocturnal. The pirate perch is known to consume live mosquito larva, amphipods, glass shrimp, meal worms, small fish, dragonfly and stonefly larvae, and...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Western Pirate Perch
speciesAphredoderus gibbosus
Blackstripe Pirate Perch
speciesAphredoderus ornatus
Yellowbelly Pirate Perch
speciesAphredoderus sayanus
Shorthead Pirate Perch
speciesAphredoderus mesotrema
Lowland Pirate Perch
speciesAphredoderus retrodorsalis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86532.