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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Centrarchiformes
(Basses) >
Centrarchidae
(Sunfishes)
Etymology:
Centrarchus:
Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, archos = anus (Ref.
45335
)
;
macropterus:
From the Greek words
kentron
=spine,
archos
=anus (referring to the development of the anal spines);
macropterus
(Greek)=long fin (Ref.
79012
)
.
More on author:
Lacepède
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
North America: occurs only in the USA from Potomac River drainage in Maryland to central Florida and west to Trinity River in Texas; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
40637
); common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
12193
); max. published weight: 560.00 g (Ref.
4699
); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref.
72462
)
Occur in swamps, vegetated lakes, ponds, sloughs and backwaters and pools of creeks and small rivers, usually over mud (Ref.
5723
,
10294
). Invertivore: feed mainly on Hemiptera and Corixidae (Ref.
79012
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
|
Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr
, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref.
5723
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00646 - 0.02815), b=3.11 (2.94 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.2 ±0.38 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
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