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Sunfishes, "Basses" of Sorts, Bluegills, Crappy, Pumpkinseed... Family Centrarchidae

By Bob Fenner

 


Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus 1758), the Red Breast Sunfish. To sixteen inches... most less than half this length. Eastern North America: Eastern Rivers of USA and Canada. Widely distributed elsewhere. Freshwater; pH range: 7 -- 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15. To a foot in length. 
http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=3370&genusname=
Lepomis&speciesname=auritus

Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus 1758, the Pumpkinseed. To sixteen inches... most less than half this length. Eastern North America: N. Brunswick to S. Carolina. Widely distributed elsewhere. A feisty though exceedingly attractive, intelligent aquarium species: freshwater; pH range: 7 -- 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15 http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=3372&genusname=Lepomis&speciesname=gibbosus


Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur 1829), the Black Crappie. To two feet... most less than half this length. North America. Here in the Denver Aq. 09.  http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=3372&genusname=Lepomis&speciesname=gibbosus



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