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Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Centrarchiformes, native only to North America.There are eight universally included genera within the centrarchid family: Lepomis (true sunfishes), Micropterus (black basses), Pomoxis (), Enneacanthus (banded sunfishes), Centrarchus (type genus, consisting solely of the flier C ...
Lepomis or true sunfish is a genus of North American freshwater fish from the family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes (perch-like fish). The generic name Lepomis derives from the Greek λεπίς ("scale") and πῶμα ("cover", "plug", " operculum ").
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, [4] pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized North American freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, crappies and black basses) in the order Perciformes.
The green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of aggressive freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.A panfish popular with anglers, the green sunfish is also kept as an aquarium fish by hobbyists, [citation needed] they need a 55–75 gallon tank and can be fed minnows, [citation needed] mealworms, or nightcrawlers.
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, and sun perch, is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeastern United States.
Mud sunfish (Acantharcus pomotis) Rock bass (Amblopites rupestris) Flier (Centrarchus macropterus) Blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) Banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
The orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. [3] These fish are widely distributed across the middle and eastern United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the east, from the Great Lakes south into the Gulf Coast. [3]
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [4] Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993 (spring pygmy sunfish) Elassoma boehlkei Rohde & R. G. Arndt, 1987 (Carolina pygmy sunfish) Elassoma evergladei D. S. Jordan, 1884 (Everglades pygmy sunfish) Elassoma gilberti Snelson, Krabbenhoft & Quattro, 2009 (Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish)