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Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus)
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Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) specimen
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Centrarchidae

Bluespotted sunfish

Enneacanthus gloriosus

Centrarchid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

  • Blue
  • Temperate
  • Lower river
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Bluespotted sunfish is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 9.5 cm.

Maximum length
9.5 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: occurs only in the USA in Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages below Fall Line from southern New York to lower Tombigbee River in Alabama, and south to southern Florida; and above Fall Line in New York and Pennsylvania.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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