Pumpkinseed

This article is about the fish. For the culinary edible seed of a pumpkin, see Pumpkin seed. For the biological seed of a pumpkin, see pumpkin.

Pumpkinseed

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Lepomis
Species:
L. gibbosus
Binomial name
Lepomis gibbosus
Synonyms[3]
  • Perca gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lepomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pomotis vulgaris Cuvier, 1829

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch,[4] pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized North American freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, crappies and black basses) in the order Perciformes.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Lepomis gibbosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202555A18237003. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202555A18237003.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Lepomis gibbosus". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepomis gibbosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ^ Duclos, Laurent (3 April 2023). "The sun perch is an easy species to fish for beginners". fishing.news. Retrieved 29 August 2024.