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Centrarchidae
Spotted sunfish
Lepomis punctatus
Red black spots on scales
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumThe spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a member of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae and order Centrarchiformes. The redspotted sunfish, redear sunfish and pumpkinseed sunfish are its closest relatives. Lepomis punctatus is olive-green to brown in color with black to reddish spots at the base of each scale that form rows of dots on the side.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Centrarchidae
- Genus
- Lepomis
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Cape Fear River in North Carolina to Nueces River in Texas, north in Mississippi River basin to central Illinois in the USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
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