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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Micropterus:Greek, mikros = small + Greek,pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); punctulatus:punctulatus meaning dotted, referring to the rows of spots on the lower sides (Ref. 10294). More on author: Rafinesque.
North America: Mississippi River basin from southern Ohio and West Virginia to southeastern Kansas, and south to the Gulf of Mexico, USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Chattahoochee in Georgia to Guadalupe River in Texas, USA. Introduced in southern Africa and has become established in several isolated water bodies.
ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / ອາຍຸ
ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 63.5 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 40637); common length : 30.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 12193); ນ້ຳໜັກສູງສຸດທີ່ເຄຍຈັດພີມມາ: 4.7 kg (Ref. 40637); ອາຍຸສູງສຸດທີ່ເຄຍລາຍງານມາ: 7 ປີ (Ref. 12193)
Inhabit clear, gravelly flowing pools and runs of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 6465); also found in streams, lakes and reservoirs (Ref. 10294). Juveniles feed on small crustaceans and midge larvae while adults eat insects, larger crustaceans, frogs, worms, grubs and small fish (Ref. 6465, 10294).
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)
ສະຖານະພາບບັນຊີແດງຂອງ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
