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| Scientific Name | Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855) |
| Common Name | Mud Sunfish |
| Type Locality | Cedar Swamp Creek, Beesley's Point, Cape May County, New Jersey; Hackensack River, Rockland County, New York, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Acantharchus pomotis mizelli, Acanthardus pomotis, Centrarchus pomotis |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 210mm or 8.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: widely distributed in Atlantic Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont drainages from Hudson River in New York to St. Johns River in Florida, USA and in Gulf Coastal Plain drainages of northern Florida and southern Georgia, USA from Suwannee River to St. Marks River. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854), pp 325 [11]. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.75.1095.5845 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 12:07) |