#2303 · 🐟 fish

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The redear sunfish ( Lepomis microlophus , also known as the shellcracker , Georgia bream , cherry gill , chinquapin , improved bream , rouge ear sunfish and sun perch ) is freshwater fish native to the southeastern United States. Since it is a popular sport fish, it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America. It is known for its diet of mollusks and snails.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,277iNaturalist 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.
5,277 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1859 (167 years ago).