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The genus' most recognizable species is perhaps the bluegill. Some Lepomis species can grow to a maximum overall length of 41 cm (16 in), though most average around 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in). Many species are sought by anglers as popular panfishes , and large numbers are bred and stocked in lakes , rivers , ponds and wetlands .
Feeding location tends to be a balance between food abundance and predator abundance. Bluegill use gill rakers and bands of small teeth to ingest their food. During summer months, bluegills generally consume 3.2 percent [17] of their body weight each day. To capture prey, bluegills use a suction system in which they accelerate water into their ...
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) Northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) White crappie (Pomoxis annularis) Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies) Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) Tessellated darter (Etheostoma almstedi)
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 ...
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
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The greengill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus) is sometimes referred to as hybrid sunfish or bluegill x green sunfish hybrid. It is a hybrid between a bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus). [1] They can sometimes be found in ponds, lakes, or streams where there is both bluegill and green sunfish.
It is dark-colored dorsally and yellow-green ventrally. Unlike bluegill, the male has a cherry-red edge on its operculum; females have orange coloration in this area. The adult fish are between 20 and 24 cm (7.9 and 9.4 in) in length. Max length is 43.2 cm (17.0 in), compared to a maximum of about 40 cm (16 in) for the bluegill.