Warmouth
📖 Overview
Adults are usually found over mud in vegetated lakes, ponds, swamps and quiet water areas of streams.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Warmouth is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Males guard the eggs for 5 to 6 days . Also Ref. 101194.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 20. Temperate; 10°C - 20°C ; 46°N - 26°N North America: Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from western Pennsylvania to Minnesota in the USA, and south to the Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic and Gulf drainages from Rappahannock River in Virginia to Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico, USA.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🎣 Angling Guide
- medium-heavy 6-7ft baitcasting rod
- fluorocarbon leader
- baitcaster reel
- weedy shallows
- submerged timber
- rocky drop-offs
- docks and boat lifts
Use barbless hooks, minimise air exposure, and revive fish head-first in current before release.
⚠️ Bag limits vary; check local slot-size regulations.
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Warmouth is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Detailed nutritional data for Warmouth is currently being compiled from USDA FoodData Central.
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Warmouth has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🔬 Full Nutritional Profile
Per 100g - Raw, per 100g - Source: USDA FoodData Central templates (generic fish average)
📊 Population Dynamics
| Year | Region | Index | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Goggle Eye · Stumpknocker · Warmouth · Warmouth Sunfish · Weed Bass · Wide-mouth Sunfish · molly |
| 🌍CES | slunečnice pestroploutvá |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Stormundet solaborre |
| 🇩🇪German | Warmouth-Sonnenbarsch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Marmoriaurinkoahven |
| 🇫🇷French | crapet sac-à-lait |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Perca-sol-escura |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Пятиполосый солнечный окунь |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Chopa negra · Perca Sol Mármol · mojarra golosa |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calliurus floridensis | Holbrook | 1855 | Synonym |
| Calliurus melanops | Girard | 1858 | Synonym |
| Centrarchus viridis | Valenciennes | 1831 | Synonym |
| Chaenobryttus antistius | McKay | 1881 | Synonym |
| Chaenobryttus coronarius | Bartram | 1791 | Synonym |
| Chaenobryttus gulosus | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Cyprinus coronarius | Bartram | 1791 | Synonym |
| Lepomis charybdis | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
| Lepomis gillii | Cope | 1868 | Synonym |
| Pomotis gulosus | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 105 records indexed .
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