#2315 · 🐟 fish

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © fin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Austin D West · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cody Cromer · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Zach Gartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jacob Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mathew A Williams · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Koaw Nature · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Bill Dye The Travis Guy · CC BY-NC 4.0

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. 7 lb). Most do not live beyond six years.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,918iNaturalist 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.
4,918 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1820 (206 years ago).