Bluespotted sunfish
📖 Overview
Inhabits vegetated lakes, ponds, quiet sand and mud-bottomed pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Bluespotted sunfish is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bluespotted sunfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
The diet of the fish is rich in plankton. It consumes cyclopoid copepods, water fleas, midge larvae, ostracods, amphipods, and snails. Its preference for tiny aquatic larvae makes it a suitable mosquito control agent. == References ==
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 8 - 12. Temperate; 10°C - 22°C ; 42°N - 25°N 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.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blue-spotted Sunfish · Bluespotted Sunfish |
| 🌍CES | Okounek diamantový · okounek modroskvrnný |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Diamantaborre |
| 🇩🇪German | Diamantbarsch · Kiemenfleck-Diamantbarsch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Timanttiaurinkoahven |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Bassek diamentowy |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Marigane-estrelado |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Малый солнечник |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Mojarra de manchas azules |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Diamantabborre |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 藍點九棘日鱸 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryttus gloriosus | Holbrook | 1855 | Synonym |
| Copelandia eriarcha | Jordan | 1877 | Synonym |
| Enneacanthus eriacha | Jordan | 1877 | Synonym |
| Enneacanthus margarotis | Gill & Jordan | 1877 | Synonym |
| Enneacanthus pinniger | Gill & Jordan | 1877 | Synonym |
| Enneacanthus simulans | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
| Hemioplites simulans | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 99 records indexed .
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