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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 freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Perciformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.
Scuba divers encounter a giant sunfish. The world record of the biggest ocean sunfish is one that weighs more than 4000 pounds.
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 ").
All records are fish caught by use of hook and line and are handled by the Wisconsin ... Pumpkinseed 1 lb. 3.4 oz. 11.125 ... Sunfish, Green 1 lb. 9 oz. not available ...
The mola mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world - weighing up to 2205 lbs. ... The Sunfish seemed not to be bothered by our presence at all and followed us for 15 minutes."
The average length of the redbreast sunfish is around 11 centimetres (4 in) with a record 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in). The record weight for the fish is 0.79 kilograms (1.7 lb). The redbreast sunfish is characterized by a long black opercular flap, which is longer than those of most other sunfish in its range. [ 3 ]
“People think it’s an alien, a humanoid,” the Kentucky angler said of the animal before catching a world record alligator gar in Texas. 200-pound creature was fisherman’s ‘consolation ...
Body size varies widely within the family with the black-banded sunfish at just 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, while the largemouth bass is reported to reach almost 1 m (3.3 ft) in extreme cases. [7] Many of the species within Centrarchidae can be separated into two main groups based on the two most common genera (Micropterus and Lepomis).