#2290 · 🐟 fish
Plains Longear Sunfish
Lepomis aquilensis
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what is it?
The longear sunfish ( Lepomis megalotis ) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes. It is native to the area of eastern North America stretching from the Great Lakes down to northeastern Mexico. 74 lb). Most do not live beyond six years. The longear sunfish is quite colorful, with an olive to rusty-brown back, bright...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,867 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Plains Longear Sunfish
- scientific name
- Lepomis aquilensis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Centrarchiformes
- family
- Centrarchidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,867
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1364008, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.