| access-date = 19 September 2020}}</ref> It is the type species of the genus Ammocrypta, which Jordan also originally described. The genus name, Ammocrypta, comes from the Greek word ammos meaning sand and the Greek kryptos meaning hidden. The specific name, beanii'', comes from the first collector of the species, Tarleton H. Bean (1846-1915). References Percidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Fish described in 1877