Lepomis cyanellus, Green sunfish : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish

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Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819

Green sunfish
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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Lepomis: Greek, lepis = scaled + Greek, poma = gill cover, operculum (Ref. 45335, 79012)cyanellus: cyanellus meaning blue (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Rafinesque.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15. Subtropical; 18°C - 32°C (Ref. 12741); 50°N - 26°N

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North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and from Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south Dakota, USA, and south to the Gulf of Mexico; from Escambia River in Florida, and Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama to Rio Grande in Texas, USA. Also northern Mexico.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193); peso máximo publicado: 960.00 g (Ref. 4699); edad máxima reportada: 9 años (Ref. 72492)

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Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit quiet pools and backwaters of sluggish streams, lakes and ponds. Often near vegetation (Ref. 5723, 10294). Juveniles feed on immature insects and microcrustaceans (Ref. 10294). Nest spawners (Ref. 79012).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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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: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 August 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01163 - 0.01880), b=3.11 (3.06 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.5   ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.