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| Scientific Name | Lepomis humilis (Girard, 1858) |
| Common Names | Orange Spotted Sunfish Orangeflecken Sonnenbarsch (Germany) |
| Type Locality | Sugarloaf Creek, near Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Bryttus humilis, Bryttus oculatus, Lepomis anagallinus |
| Pronunciation | leh poe miss. |
| Etymology | Lepomis is from Greek, lepis meaning scaled and poma meaning gill cover or operculum. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: lower Great Lakes (in southern ends of Lakes Erie and Michigan), Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basin from Ohio to southern North Dakota, and south to Louisiana in the USA; in Gulf Slope drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Colorado River in Texas in the USA. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2012. |
| 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 | Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 9 (no. 15) (for 1857), pp 201. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| 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:3.75.711.5541 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2013 Sep 07 16:39) |