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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.
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Size 210mm or 8.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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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.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 9 (for 1854), pp 325 [11].
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Last Update 2017 Aug 28 02:54 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 12:07)