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Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2,365, February 2,262, March 2,570, April 4,876, May 2,988, June 1,450, July 1,304, August 1,346, September 1,600, October 1,704, November 2,219, December 2,151.
United States53,660
Canada33,970
Texas7,822
Ohio4,958
Maryland2,759
North Carolina2,701
Virginia2,392
Ontario2,104
Alabama1,935
Pennsylvania1,822

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderFreshwater Sunfishes, Grunters, and Allies · Centrarchiformes
FamilyFreshwater Sunfishes · Centrarchidae
GenusCommon Sunfishes · Lepomis

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