#2263 · 🐟 fish

Redbreast Sunfish

🇳🇱 Roodborstzonnebaars ·Lepomis auritus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
2. © Ryan Douglas · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Squidpastry · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Emilio Concari · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © shawnphoenix · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Aqua Savvy · CC BY-NC 4.0
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8. © jayce-the-creature-creator · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The redbreast sunfish ( Lepomis auritus ) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States. 7 lb).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,574iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
12,574 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).