Species Type:
Fishes
Common Name(s):
Sandperch
Size:
On average, sandperches are 5-9 inches (13-23 cm) long.
Diet:
Sandperches eat shrimp, crab, smaller sea bass, gobies, bennies and more.
Range & Habitat:
These fish inhabit seagrass meadows, shallow bays, sandy bottoms and abandoned shipwrecks throughout the wester Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean Sea.
Details:
Sandperches are brown on top with white bellies. They have light blue stripes running from their head to the base of their forked tail.