Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis)

Scientific name: Lepomis humilis Girard, 1858

The Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) is a freshwater fish of the family Centrarchidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 10–28°C (50–82°F).

Orangespotted sunfish care at a glance

Temperature: 10–28°C (50–82°F)

Biology

Inhabits quiet pools of creeks and small to large, often turbid, rivers; usually near brush. Feeds on microcrustaceans and aquatic insect larvae, principally chironomid dipterans.

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Species facts

Scientific name: Lepomis humilis
Family: Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 15.0
Common length: 7.4
Environment: Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate: Temperate
Distribution: North America: lower Great Lakes (in southern ends of Lakes Erie and Michigan), Hudson Bay, and Mississippi River basin from Ohio to southern North Dakota, and south to Louisiana in the USA; in Gulf Slope drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Colorado River in Texas in the USA.
Conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)