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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Enneacanthus obesus (Girard, 1854) |
| Common Name | Banded Sunfish |
| Type Locality | Framingham, Plymouth County, and in a branch of the Charles River, at Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Apomotis obesus, Bryttus fasciatus, Bryttus obesus, Enneacanthus guttatus, Pomotis guttatus, Pomotis obesus |
| 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 from southern New Hampshire to Perdido River in Florida, and south to central Florida. |
| 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 | Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 5 (1854-1856), pp 40. |
| 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 | |
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 | Look up E. obesus on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up E. obesus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.75.990.5843 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 11:51) |