| Family: |
Centrarchidae (Sunfishes) |
| Max. size: |
9 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
North America: USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Occur in swamps and mud-bottomed and heavily vegetated ponds, lakes and sloughs (Ref. 5723, 10294). Young feed primarily on small crustaceans (ostracods, amphipods, etc.), midge larvae, and small dragonfly nymphs; adults' diet is similar but also contain snails, aquatic hemipterans and terrestrial insects (Ref. 10294). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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