Got a picture?
Please do send it in!
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855) |
| Common Names | Blue Spotted Sunfish Kiemenfleck-diamantbarsch (Germany) |
| Type Locality | South Carolina, Georgia, and Cooper River, South Carolina. |
| Synonym(s) | Bryttus gloriosus, Copelandia eriarcha, Enneacanthus eriacha, Enneacanthus margarotis, Enneacanthus pinniger, Enneacanthus simulans, Hemioplites simulans |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 95mm or 3.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: occurs only in the USA in Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages below Fall Line from southern New York to lower Tombigbee River in Alabama, and south to southern Florida; and above Fall Line in New York and Pennsylvania. |
| 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 | Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 3 (art. 1), pp 52, Pl. 5 (fig. 4). |
| 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. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up E. gloriosus on Fishbase |
 | Look up E. gloriosus on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up E. gloriosus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.75.990.5474 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 17:52) |