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Flier (Centrarchus macropterus)
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Flier (Centrarchus macropterus) specimen
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Centrarchidae

Flier

Centrarchus macropterus

Centrarchid Fish from the Indian Ocean

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Flier is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 29.2 cm.

Maximum length
29.2 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
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.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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