You can sponsor this page

Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes, 1831)

Spotted sunfish
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Lepomis punctatus (Spotted sunfish)
Lepomis punctatus
Picture by Burkhead, N.


United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Spotted sunfish, Stumpknocker
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Transplanted into Devils River (in Rio Grande drainage) in Texas (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Lepomis: Greek, lepis = scaled + Greek, poma = gill cover, operculum (Ref. 45335, 79012);  punctatus: punctatus meaning spotted (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

; স্বাদু পানি তলদেশ বিহারী.   Subtropical; 41°N - 26°N

বিতরণ দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | Point map | প্রচলন | Faunafri

North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Cape Fear River in North Carolina to Nueces River in Texas, north in Mississippi River basin to central Illinois in the USA.

আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 5723); common length : 9.8 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 12193)

জীববিজ্ঞান     শব্দকোষ (উদাহরণ স্বরূপ epibenthic)

Inhabits heavily vegetated ponds, lakes, pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, and swamps (Ref. 205). Usually occurs over mud or sand. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Feeds on midge larvae, other immature insects, and microcrustaceans such as amphipods and cladocerans (Ref. 10294).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট

Breed in shallow ponds, lakes or creeks (Ref. 205). Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | সূত্র সংখ্যা | সমম্বয়কারী | সহযোগী

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

FAO(Publication : search) | FishSource |

আরো তথ্য

Trophic ecology
খাদ্যসামগ্রী
Diet compositions
Food consumptions
Food rations
শিকারী প্রাণী সমূহ
Ecology
বাস্তুসংস্থান
Home ranges
Population dynamics
Growths
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversions
Recruitments
Abundances
Life cycle
প্রজনন
Maturities
Fecundities
Spawnings
Spawning aggregations
Egg(s)
Egg developments
শুককীট
শুককীটের সত্রিুয়তা
Anatomy
Gill areas
মস্তিস্ক সমূহ
Otoliths
Physiology
Body compositions
Nutrients
Oxygen consumptions
-এর সাতাঁরের ধরণ
Swimming speeds
Visual pigment(s)
মৎস্য শব্দ
Diseases / Parasites
Toxicities (LC50s)
Genetics
বংশানুগতিবিদ্যা
Electrophoreses
Heritabilities
Human related
Aquaculture systems
একুয়াকালচার নকশাসমূহ
বংশ
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.

হাতিয়ার

Special reports

Download XML

ইন্টারনেট সুত্র

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01820 (0.01064 - 0.03113), b=3.13 (2.98 - 3.28), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref. 120179):  মাধ্যম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১.৪-৪.৪ বৎসর (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).