WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Also known as: Blue Bream, Bluegill Sunfish, Bream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
Adult
@louisd · Okeechobee, FL, United States · July 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found in schools, in deep weed beds, over lakes, ponds, reservoirs and sluggish streams.
Colours variable especially between juvenile to adult.
They feed nocturnally on small crayfish, fish, snails and worms.
Widespread North America

Sunfish have been introduced into many areas outside of where they originally came from, Europe being one place, mainly for sport fishing!

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in schools, in deep weed beds, over lakes, ponds, reservoirs and sluggish streams.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyCentrarchidae
    6. genusLepomis
    7. speciesLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819

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    More in the family

    Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)