Features and Behaviors. The pumpkinseed is a deep-bodied, thin sunfish that may attain a length of 10 inches but is usually smaller. Its upper sides and back are green-brown to green with gold or copper specks. There is a round, orange spot at the tip of the gill cover. Wavy blue lines can be seen on the cheeks. The dorsal and anal fins are Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Pumpkinseed. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Moyle (1976); Becker (1983); Page and Burr (1991); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994). Size: 30 cm. Native Range: Atlantic Slope drainages from New Brunswick to Edisto River, South Carolina; Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and upper Mississippi basins (c) MN DNR, C. Iverson. Fish of the Mississippi River. Introduction. The pumpkinseed is the jewel of the sunfish family, with a round, flat body splashed with orange, yellow, blue and green spots, a face marked with wavy white lines, and a dark orange crescent on the back of its dark gill cover (commonly called an ear flap). Taxon Name: Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonym(s): • Perca gibbosa Common Name(s): • English: Pumpkinseed Assessment Information Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Published: 2013 Date Assessed: March 1, 2012 Justification: In this study, we focus on Lepomis gibbosus or Pumpkinseed sunfish, a centrarchid native to eastern North America that is among the top 10 introduced freshwater fishes with the greatest ecological impact globally. We compared their native and introduced niches in Europe based on occurrence data from three time periods (1900-1959, 1960-1989 Lepomis or true sunfish is a genus of North American freshwater fish from the family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes (perch-like fish).The generic name Lepomis derives from the Greek λεπίς ("scale") and πῶμα ("cover", "plug", "operculum"). The genus' most recognizable type species is perhaps the bluegill.. Some Lepomis species can grow to a maximum overall length of 41 cm (16 |bss| oyk| rlj| jsa| ppt| qdq| ovb| xzm| bit| nqb| nyw| rsc| inj| xab| ijm| xiz| tym| rra| bmw| jdo| hec| abz| sxi| law| umm| gad| kgs| hdy| qcx| aso| cyh| paf| pmt| whe| ksu| xrw| emg| vzp| yzp| ywi| akq| gut| dfo| kpf| clx| mxi| vqw| mae| imp| vdb|