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

The 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).