pumpkinseed

Also known as Lepomis gibbosus

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.

Species

Least Concern

pumpkinseed

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderCentrarchiformes
FamilyCentrarchidae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

Observations17,730

二名法 Lepomis gibbosusLinnaeus,158 駝背太陽魚，輻鰭魚綱鱸形目太陽魚科的其中一個種。目录 1 分布 2 特徵 3 生態 4 經濟利用 5 参考文献分布本魚分布於美國南卡羅來納州至加拿大魁北克省間的溪流及湖泊中，並引入某些國家。特徵本魚體健壯，體橢圓形，呈黃棕色，魚體上佈滿了藍綠色的閃光斑點，腹部呈黃色，頭和鰓蓋上都有波形線。「耳蓋」為黑色；後部邊緣為淡紅色，淡紅色在產卵期時變深。背鰭硬棘10至12枚；背鰭軟條10至12枚；臀鰭硬棘3枚；臀鰭軟條8至11枚；脊椎骨28至30枚。體長可達40公分。生態本魚棲息於緩動性溪流的靜止池水、湖泊與池塘。常在植物的附近出現，屬肉食性，以水生昆蟲與小型甲殼類動物為食。經濟利用為著名的遊釣魚，可食用，也可做觀賞魚。参考文献 Froese, Rainer & Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Lepomis gibbosus in FishBase. 2011年12月版本取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=駝背太陽魚&oldid=42729682” 分类：食用鱼觀賞魚太陽魚屬隐藏分类： TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据不同 FishBaseLatinName

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Article

12 sections

Contents

Etymology
Distribution
Introduced range
Description
Ecology
Habitat
Reproduction and life cycle
Diet
Adaptations
Conservation status
Recreational fishing
References

==Etymology== Lepomis, in Greek, means 'scaled gill cover', and gibbosus means 'humped'. The defining characteristic of a pumpkinseed sunfish is the bright red spot at the tip of the ear flap. The pumpkinseed sunfish is widely recognized by its shape of a pumpkin seed, from which its common name comes. See also Wiktionary link below.