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Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 444, February 425, March 483, April 916, May 561, June 272, July 245, August 253, September 300, October 320, November 417, December 404.
United States46,767
Texas5,040
Pennsylvania4,737
New York2,708
Virginia1,400
North Carolina1,399
Maryland1,345
Tennessee1,281
West Virginia913
Georgia882

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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