Banded sunfish
📖 Overview
Inhabits heavily vegetated lakes, ponds, sluggish sand or mud-bottomed pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Banded sunfish is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Banded sunfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Produces up to 500 eggs.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 8 - 12. Temperate; 10°C - 22°C ; 44°N - 28°N 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.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Banded Sunfish · Diamond Sunfish · Little Sunfish |
| 🌍BEL | Брыльянтавы акунь |
| 🌍CES | okounek olivový |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Stribet Diamantaborre · Stribet solfisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Diamantbarsch · Kiemenfleck-Diamantbarsch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Sinitäpläahven · Täpläaurinkoahven |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Marigane-de-espinho |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Brilliantovyi okun' · Бриллиантовый солнечник · окунь бриллантовый |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Mojarra listada |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 暗色九棘日鱸 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apomotis obesus | Girard | 1854 | Synonym |
| Bryttus fasciatus | Holbrook | 1855 | Synonym |
| Bryttus obesus | Girard | 1854 | Synonym |
| Enneacanthus guttatus | Morris | 1859 | Synonym |
| Pomotis guttatus | Morris | 1859 | Synonym |
| Pomotis obesus | Girard | 1854 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 59 records indexed .
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