Lepomis

Lepomis

Taxobox
name = "Lepomis"
fossil_range=Middle Miocene to Recent


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Redbreast sunfish ("L. auritus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Centrarchidae
genus = "Lepomis"
genus_authority = (Rafinesque, 1819)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Lepomis" is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is "L. auritus," the redbreast sunfish. The species of this genus are known as common or eared sunfishes. The most recognizable of this genus is the Bluegill.

The common sunfishes, which grow to a maximum overall length of 12–40 cm (5–16 in), depending on species, are widely distributed throughout the lakes and rivers of the United States and Canada, and several species have been transplanted and flourished around the world, even becoming pests. (Trade in some "Lepomis" species is prohibited in Germany for this reason.) Many are sought by anglers as panfish, and large numbers are bred to stock lakes.

"Lepomis" species are sometimes referred to as bream, but the term more properly refers to the similar-looking but unrelated European Cypriniformes of genus "Abramis."

The generic name "Lepomis" derives from the Greek "λεπίς" (scale) and "πώμα" (cover, plug, operculum).

Fossil record

The redear sunfish is the first-known species of Centrarchidae based on fossil records, as old as 16.3 miilion years, dating back to the Middle Miocene [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=83690&is_real_user=1] .

Species

*"L. auritus" - redbreast sunfish
*"L. cyanellus" - green sunfish
*"L. gibbosus" - pumpkinseed
*"L. gulosus" - warmouth
*"L. humilis" - orangespotted sunfish
*"L. macrochirus" - bluegill
*"L. marginatus" - dollar sunfish
*"L. megalotis" - longear sunfish
*"L. microlophus" - redear sunfish
*"L. miniatus" - redspotted sunfish
*"L. punctatus" - spotted sunfish
*"L. symmetricus" - bantam sunfish

"L. gulosus," the warmouth, was formerly "Chaenobryttus gulosus," the only species of that genus. ITIS still uses the old classification.

References

* FishBase: [http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Lepomis "Lepomis"]
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