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Flier

Centrarchus macropterus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 55, February 66, March 61, April 98, May 98, June 59, July 47, August 45, September 58, October 57, November 44, December 50.
United States5,463
North Carolina738
Georgia689
Texas672
South Carolina546
Alabama377
Arkansas315
Louisiana290
Mississippi274
Virginia207

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
GenusFliers · Centrarchus

Sources

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Practise Flier with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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