Dollar sunfish

Lepomis marginatus

Centrarchid Fish of European Waters

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
North America
Small
Tropical fish

The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes. It is categorized as a warm-water panfish. Early settlers said that this species of sunfish resembled a European species they called "bream".

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Lepomis
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: North America: Tar River in North Carolina to Brazos River in Texas in the USA; Former Mississippi Embayment in the USA from western Kentucky and eastern Arkansas south to Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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