Elassomatidae

Okefenokee pygmy sunfish

Elassoma okefenokee

Three Point Four Centimeters Elassomatid Fish of North American Waters

• Temperate
• Lower river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Small
• Temperate fish

The Okefenokee pygmy sunfish, Elassoma okefenokee, is a species of pygmy sunfish found in southeastern United States, where it prefers waters with dense vegetation growth in the Altamaha drainage in southern Georgia south to Lake Okeechobee, Florida, interior lake basins in north-central Florida, and upper Suwannee, Withlacoochee, and Hillsborough river drainages on the Gulf Coast of Florida. This species can reach 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in total length.