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Scientific Name | Lepomis marginatus (Holbrook, 1855) |
Common Name | Dollar Sunfish |
Type Locality | St. John's River, Florida, U.S.A. |
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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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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Last Update | 2013 Sep 03 18:31 (species record created: 2012 Oct 29 18:30) |