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Centrarchidae

Index Centrarchidae

Centrarchidae (better known as sunfish) are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. [1]

60 relations: Actinopterygii, Ambloplites, Aquatic feeding mechanisms, Banded sunfish, Bantam sunfish, Black crappie, Bluegill, Crappie, Dollar sunfish, Ectotherm, Enneacanthus, Enneacanthus chaetodon, Enneacanthus gloriosus, Eocene, Fishing, Flier (fish), Freshwater fish, Genus, Green sunfish, Guadalupe bass, Invasive species, Largemouth bass, Lepomis, Limnetic zone, Longear sunfish, Micropterus, Montana, Mud sunfish, North America, Northern sunfish, Orangespotted sunfish, Ozark bass, Paternal care, Perciformes, Pieter Bleeker, Pseudobranch, Pumpkinseed, Pupfish, Recreational fishing, Redbreast sunfish, Redear sunfish, Redeye bass, Redspotted sunfish, Roanoke bass, Rock bass, Rupelian, Sacramento perch, Shadow bass, Shoal bass, Smallmouth bass, ..., South Dakota, Spawn (biology), Spotted bass, Spotted sunfish, Suwannee bass, Taxonomy (biology), Type genus, Warmouth, Water column, White crappie. Expand index (10 more) »

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Ambloplites

Ambloplites is a genus of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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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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Black crappie

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

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Bluegill

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose.

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Crappie

Crappies are a genus, Pomoxis, of North American fresh water fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae.

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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 (ektós) "outside" and θερμός (thermós) "hot"), is an organism in which internal physiological sources of heat are of relatively small or 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.

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Enneacanthus chaetodon

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

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Enneacanthus gloriosus

Enneacanthus gloriosus is a species of fish in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes, known by the common name blue-spotted sunfish.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Flier (fish)

The flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a sunfish (family Centrarchidae) native to muddy-bottomed swamps, ponds, weedy lakes, and riverine backwaters across the American South, from southern Illinois east to the Potomac River basin and south to Texas.

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Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 0.05%.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Green sunfish

The green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a species of 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 a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to North America.

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Lepomis

Lepomis is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, in the order Perciformes.

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Limnetic zone

The limnetic zone is the well-lit, open surface waters in a lake away from the shore.

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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 freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Mud sunfish

The mud sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis) is a sunfish (family Centrarchidae) widely distributed in the fresh waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from New York to Florida.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Northern sunfish

The northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes) is a North American species of 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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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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Paternal care

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

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Pieter Bleeker

Pieter Bleeker (July 10, 1819, Zaandam – January 24, 1878, The Hague) 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) is a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of 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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Recreational fishing

Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure 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 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 Centrarchidae family and is native to the southeastern United States.

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Redeye bass

The Redeye 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) is a species of freshwater demersal fish 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, is a fresh water 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 is a U.S. state in the Midwestern 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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Spotted bass

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

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Spotted sunfish

The spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) 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)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Type genus

In biological classification, especially zoology, 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, warmouth sunfish, or warmouth bass, (Lepomis gulosus), is a freshwater fish of the sunfish (Centrarchidae) family that is found throughout the eastern United States.

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Water column

A water column is a conceptual column of water from the surface of a sea, river or lake to the bottom sediment.

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White crappie

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

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References

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

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