Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)

Scientific name: Lepomis marginatus Holbrook, 1855

Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)

The Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Centrarchidae.

Biology

Inhabits sand-bottomed and mud-bottomed, usually brushy, pools of creeks and small to medium rivers; and also swamps. Feeds on midge larvae and microcrustaceans.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lepomis marginatus
Family
Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.0
Common length
6.9
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North America: Tar River in North Carolina to Brazos River in Texas in the USA; Former Mississippi Embayment in the USA from western Kentucky and eastern Arkansas south to Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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