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Centrarchidae

Index Centrarchidae

Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes (formerly belonging to the deprecated order Centrarchiformes), native only to North America. [1]

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  1. 78 relations: Actinopterygii, Ambloplites, Angling, Aquatic feeding mechanisms, Banded sunfish, Bantam sunfish, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Black crappie, Blackbanded sunfish, Bluegill, Bluespotted sunfish, Centrarchiformes, Centrarchinae, Crappie, Deprecation, Dollar sunfish, Ectotherm, Enneacanthus, Eocene, Family (biology), Fish as food, FishBase, Fishes of the World, Flier (fish), Florida bass, Freshwater fish, Game fish, Genetics, Genus, Green sunfish, Guadalupe bass, Invasive species, Largemouth bass, Lepominae, Lepomis, Limnetic zone, Longear sunfish, Micropterus, Montana, Mud sunfish, Neontology, North America, Northern sunfish, Orangespotted sunfish, Order (biology), Ozark bass, Panfish, Paternal care, Perciformes, Pieter Bleeker, ... Expand index (28 more) »

  2. Perciformes families

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

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Ambloplites

Ambloplites is a genus of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. Centrarchidae and Ambloplites are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Angling

Angling (from Old English angol, meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth.

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Aquatic feeding mechanisms

Aquatic feeding mechanisms face a special difficulty as compared to feeding on land, because the density of water is about the same as that of the prey, so the prey tends to be pushed away when the mouth is closed.

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Banded sunfish

The banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) is a freshwater fish of the family, Centrarchidae.

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Bantam sunfish

The bantam sunfish (Lepomis symmetricus) is a species of freshwater fish in the genus Lepomis common throughout Louisiana, in extreme southeastern Texas, in southern Arkansas, and in a few places in western Kentucky and western Tennessee.

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Bernard Germain de Lacépède

Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason.

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Black crappie

The black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies.

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Blackbanded sunfish

The blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) is a freshwater fish species of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae).

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Bluegill

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, as is common in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Bluespotted sunfish

The bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) is a species of fish in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.

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Centrarchiformes

Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, previously included amongst the perciformes, with 21 families.

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Centrarchinae

Centrarchinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.

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Crappie

Crappies are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus Pomoxis in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes). Centrarchidae and Crappie are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Deprecation

Deprecation is the discouragement of use of something human-made, such as a term, feature, design, or practice.

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Dollar sunfish

The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Ectotherm

An ectotherm (from the Greek ἐκτός "outside" and θερμός "heat"), more commonly referred to as a "cold-blooded animal", is an animal in which internal physiological sources of heat, such as blood, are of relatively small or of quite negligible importance in controlling body temperature.

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Enneacanthus

Enneacanthus is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. Centrarchidae and Enneacanthus are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fish as food

Many species of fish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.

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Flier (fish)

The flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is endemic to the southern United States of America.

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Florida bass

The Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a black bass belonging to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Perciformes.

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Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%.

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Game fish

Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish species pursued by recreational fishers (typically anglers), and can be freshwater or saltwater fish.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Green sunfish

The green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of aggressive freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Guadalupe bass

The Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii) is a rare species of fish endemic to the U.S. state of Texas, where it also is the official state fish.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.

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Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.

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Lepominae

Lepominae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.

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Lepomis

Lepomis or true sunfish is a genus of North American freshwater fish from the family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes (perch-like fish). Centrarchidae and Lepomis are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Limnetic zone

The limnetic zone is the open and well-lit area of a freestanding body of fresh water, such as a lake or pond.

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Longear sunfish

The longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes.

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Micropterus

Micropterus is a genus of North American freshwater fish collectively known as the black bass, belonging to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Perciformes. Centrarchidae and Micropterus are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Montana

Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Mud sunfish

The mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) is a freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae, which widely distributed in the fresh waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from New York to Alabama.

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Neontology

Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Northern sunfish

The northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) is a species of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Orangespotted sunfish

The orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Order (biology)

Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Ozark bass

The Ozark bass (Ambloplites constellatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Panfish

The word panfish, also spelled pan-fish or pan fish, is an American English term describing any edible freshwater fish that usually do not outgrow the size of an average frying pan.

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Paternal care

In biology, paternal care is parental investment provided by a male to his own offspring.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. Centrarchidae and Perciformes are taxa named by Pieter Bleeker.

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Pieter Bleeker

Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Pseudobranch

The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia, is the reduced first gill arch of a fish (on the inner surface of the opercle, near the junction of the preopercle) as well as a reduced "false" gill in some gastropods.

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Pumpkinseed

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, crappies and black basses) in the order Perciformes.

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Pupfish

Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish.

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Pygmy sunfish

Elassoma is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of subfamily Elassomatinae of the sunfish family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes.

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Recreational fishing

Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition.

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Redbreast sunfish

The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.

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Redear sunfish

The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch) is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeastern United States. Since it is a popular sport fish, it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America. Centrarchidae and redear sunfish are Extant Miocene first appearances.

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Redeye bass

The redeye bass, redeye, or Coosa bass (Micropterus coosae) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) native to the Coosa River system of Georgia, Alabama.

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Redspotted sunfish

The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States.

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Roanoke bass

The Roanoke bass (Ambloplites cavifrons) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Rock bass

The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America.

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Rupelian

The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.

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Sacramento perch

The Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus) is an endangered sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, Pajaro, and Salinas River areas in California, but widely introduced throughout the western United States.

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Shadow bass

The shadow bass (Ambloplites ariommus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Shoal bass

The shoal bass (Micropterus cataractae) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Smallmouth bass

The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.

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South Dakota

South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Species distribution

Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged.

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Spotted bass

The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), also called spotty, or spots in various fishing communities, is a species of North American freshwater fish belonging to the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.

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Spotted sunfish

The spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a member of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae and order perciformes.

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Suwannee bass

The Suwannee bass (Micropterus notius) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Taxonomy (biology)

In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

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Type genus

In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.

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Warmouth

The warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) that is found throughout the eastern United States.

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Water column

The (oceanic) water column is a concept used in oceanography to describe the physical (temperature, salinity, light penetration) and chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, nutrient salts) characteristics of seawater at different depths for a defined geographical point.

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White crappie

The white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies.

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See also

Perciformes families

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrarchidae

Also known as Centrarchid, Centrarchids, Freshwater sunfish, Sunfish family.

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