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Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Centrarchus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335); macropterus: macropterus meaning large fin (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Lacepède.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15. Temperate; 12°C - 22°C (Ref. 1672); 42°N - 29°N
North America: occurs only in the USA from Potomac River drainage in Maryland to central Florida and west to Trinity River in Texas; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. published weight: 560.00 g (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 72462)
Occur in swamps, vegetated lakes, ponds, sloughs and backwaters and pools of creeks and small rivers, usually over mud (Ref. 5723, 10294). Invertivore: feed mainly on Hemiptera and Corixidae (Ref. 79012).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Produces a minimum of 200 eggs.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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