Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède, 1801)
Flier
photo by Thomas, C.

Family:  Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Max. size:  29.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 560.0 g; max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15
Distribution:  North America: occurs only in the USA from Potomac River drainage in Maryland to central Florida and west to Trinity River in Texas; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Occur in swamps, vegetated lakes, ponds, sloughs and backwaters and pools of creeks and small rivers, usually over mud (Ref. 5723, 10294). Invertivore: feed mainly on Hemiptera and Corixidae (Ref. 79012).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 November 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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