#2258 · 🐟 fish

Green Sunfish

🇳🇱 Groene zonnebaars ·Lepomis cyanellus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The green sunfish ( Lepomis cyanellus ) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. A panfish popular with anglers, the green sunfish is also kept as an aquarium fish by hobbyists. They are usually caught by accident, while fishing for other game fish. Green sunfish can be caught with live bait such as nightcrawlers, waxworms, and mealworms. Grocery store baits such as pieces of hot dog or corn kernels can even...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,011iNaturalist 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.
23,011 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1819 (207 years ago).