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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) »
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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.
See Centrarchidae and Actinopterygii
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.
See Centrarchidae and Ambloplites
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.
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.
See Centrarchidae and Aquatic feeding mechanisms
Banded sunfish
The banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) is a freshwater fish of the family, Centrarchidae.
See Centrarchidae and Banded sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Bantam sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Black crappie
The black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies.
See Centrarchidae and Black crappie
Blackbanded sunfish
The blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) is a freshwater fish species of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae).
See Centrarchidae and Blackbanded sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Bluegill
Bluespotted sunfish
The bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus) is a species of fish in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.
See Centrarchidae and Bluespotted sunfish
Centrarchiformes
Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, previously included amongst the perciformes, with 21 families.
See Centrarchidae and Centrarchiformes
Centrarchinae
Centrarchinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.
See Centrarchidae and Centrarchinae
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.
Deprecation
Deprecation is the discouragement of use of something human-made, such as a term, feature, design, or practice.
See Centrarchidae and Deprecation
Dollar sunfish
The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Dollar sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Ectotherm
Enneacanthus
Enneacanthus is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. Centrarchidae and Enneacanthus are Extant Miocene first appearances.
See Centrarchidae and Enneacanthus
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Centrarchidae and Family (biology)
Fish as food
Many species of fish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world.
See Centrarchidae and Fish as food
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).
See Centrarchidae and FishBase
Fishes of the World
Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.
See Centrarchidae and Fishes of the World
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.
See Centrarchidae and Flier (fish)
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.
See Centrarchidae and Florida bass
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%.
See Centrarchidae and Freshwater fish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Game fish
Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
See Centrarchidae and Genetics
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.
Green sunfish
The green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of aggressive freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Green sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Guadalupe bass
Invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.
See Centrarchidae and Invasive species
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.
See Centrarchidae and Largemouth bass
Lepominae
Lepominae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.
See Centrarchidae and Lepominae
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.
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.
See Centrarchidae and Limnetic zone
Longear sunfish
The longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Longear sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Micropterus
Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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.
See Centrarchidae and Mud sunfish
Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
See Centrarchidae and Neontology
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See Centrarchidae and North America
Northern sunfish
The northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) is a species of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Northern sunfish
Orangespotted sunfish
The orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Orangespotted sunfish
Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Centrarchidae and Order (biology)
Ozark bass
The Ozark bass (Ambloplites constellatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Ozark bass
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.
Paternal care
In biology, paternal care is parental investment provided by a male to his own offspring.
See Centrarchidae and Paternal care
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.
See Centrarchidae and Perciformes
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.
See Centrarchidae and Pieter Bleeker
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.
See Centrarchidae and Pseudobranch
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.
See Centrarchidae and Pumpkinseed
Pupfish
Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish.
Pygmy sunfish
Elassoma is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of subfamily Elassomatinae of the sunfish family Centrarchidae in the order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Pygmy sunfish
Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition.
See Centrarchidae and Recreational fishing
Redbreast sunfish
The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Redbreast sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Redear sunfish
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.
See Centrarchidae and Redeye bass
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.
See Centrarchidae and Redspotted sunfish
Roanoke bass
The Roanoke bass (Ambloplites cavifrons) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Roanoke bass
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.
See Centrarchidae and Rock bass
Rupelian
The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.
See Centrarchidae and Rupelian
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.
See Centrarchidae and Sacramento perch
Shadow bass
The shadow bass (Ambloplites ariommus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Shadow bass
Shoal bass
The shoal bass (Micropterus cataractae) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Shoal bass
Smallmouth bass
The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Smallmouth bass
South Dakota
South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.
See Centrarchidae and South Dakota
Spawn (biology)
Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.
See Centrarchidae and Spawn (biology)
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.
Species distribution
Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged.
See Centrarchidae and Species distribution
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.
See Centrarchidae and Spotted bass
Spotted sunfish
The spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a member of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae and order perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Spotted sunfish
Suwannee bass
The Suwannee bass (Micropterus notius) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.
See Centrarchidae and Suwannee bass
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
See Centrarchidae and Taxonomy (biology)
Type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
See Centrarchidae and Type genus
Warmouth
The warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) that is found throughout the eastern United States.
See Centrarchidae and Warmouth
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.
See Centrarchidae and Water column
White crappie
The white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies.
See Centrarchidae and White crappie
See also
Perciformes families
- Acanthuridae
- Bathyclupeidae
- Caesionidae
- Centrarchidae
- Coiidae
- Luvaridae
- Monodactylidae
- Nototheniidae
- Pentacerotidae
- Percidae
- Pomacanthidae
- Scatophagidae
- Siganidae
- Terapontidae
References
Also known as Centrarchid, Centrarchids, Freshwater sunfish, Sunfish family.