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Centrarchidae
pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Centrarchid Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- West Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Deep-bodied
MediumThe pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Centrarchidae
- Genus
- Lepomis
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- North America: New Brunswick in Canada south to Savannah River in Georgia, USA; Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and upper Mississippi River basins from Quebec west to southeastern Manitoba and North Dakota, and south to north Kentucky and Missouri, USA. Introduced to Pacific drainages from British Columbia to California. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
