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Scientific Name	**Lepomis marginatus** (Holbrook, 1855)
Common Name	Dollar Sunfish
Type Locality	St. John's River, Florida, U.S.A.
Synonym(s)	Pomotis marginatus
Pronunciation	leh poe miss.
Etymology	Lepomis is from Greek, lepis meaning scaled and poma meaning gill cover or operculum.
Species Information
Size	120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	North America: Tar River in North Carolina to Brazos River in Texas in the USA; Former Mississippi Embayment in the USA from western Kentucky and eastern Arkansas south to Gulf of Mexico.
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	Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 3 (art. 1), pp 49, Pl. 6 (fig. 2)
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2012 Oct 29 18:30)