/perciformes/centrarchidae/lepomis/gulosus/1.jpg "Lepomis gulosus")
Adult Male Caught In a Marina
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| Scientific Name | Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier, 1829) |
| Common Name | Warmouth |
| Type Locality | Lake Pontchartrain and in lagoons near New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Synonym(s) | Calliurus floridensis, Calliurus melanops, Centrarchus viridis, Chaenobryttus antistius, Chaenobryttus coronarius, Chaenobryttus gulosus, Cyprinus coronarius, Lepomis charybdis, Lepomis gillii, Pomotis gulosus |
| Pronunciation | leh poe miss. |
| Etymology | Lepomis is from Greek, lepis meaning scaled and poma meaning gill cover or operculum. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 310mm or 12.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from western Pennsylvania to Minnesota in the USA, and south to the Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic and Gulf drainages from Rappahannock River in Virginia to Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | In nature, once water temperatures rise to 70-75°F (normally spring) males will excavate nests in the substrate. Multiple females will them spawn with one male. The male will then be the sole protector and caretaker of the eggs and the fry until the fry are a few weeks old. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3, pp 498. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.75.711.5832 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 11:29) |