Photo: National Park Service, Fossil Butte National Monument
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Moronidae
- Size
- Up to about 6 inches
A small schooling perch — the fish featured on Fossil Butte's entrance sign.
C. liops specimens are known to reach a maximum size of 6 inches. C. liops are found as isolated specimens and in mass mortalities, indicating that it traveled in schools throughout its life.
Its body shape is similar to members of the modern Centrarchidae family (the sunfish family). When you visit Fossil Butte National Monument, look for an enlarged bronze sculpture of C. liops on the entrance sign.
Species text: National Park Service, Fossil Butte National Monument — Fossil Fish Species.