Centrarchidae

redbreast sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Centrarchid Fish beneath North American Waters

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

The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Centrarchiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States. The redbreast sunfish reaches a maximum recorded length of about 30 centimetres (12 in).