Okefenokee pygmy sunfish

Okefenokee pygmy sunfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Elassoma
Species:
E. okefenokee
Binomial name
Elassoma okefenokee

The Okefenokee pygmy sunfish, Elassoma okefenokee, is a species of pygmy sunfish found in southeastern United States, where it prefers waters with dense vegetation growth in the Altamaha drainage in southern Georgia south to Lake Okeechobee, Florida, interior lake basins in north-central Florida, and upper Suwannee, Withlacoochee, and Hillsborough river drainages on the Gulf Coast of Florida. This species can reach 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in total length.[2]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Elassoma okefenokee". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202439A15361922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202439A15361922.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Elassoma okefenokee". FishBase. December 2019 version.