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Elassomatidae
Banded pygmy sunfish
Elassoma zonatum
Elassomatid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallThe banded pygmy sunfish, Elassoma zonatum, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to the United States, where it is found from Indiana and Illinois to Texas to the Atlantic coast. It prefers densely vegetated bodies of slow-moving water. This species can reach 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 3.5 cm (1.4 in).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Elassomatidae
- Genus
- Elassoma
- Maximum length
- 4.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Lower Roanoke River drainage, North Carolina; south to middle parts of St. Johns River, Florida; west to Brazos River drainages, Texas; and north to lower Wabash River drainage, Indiana and Illinois, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
