Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 41,364
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bluegill, sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains. It is from the family Centrarchidae in the order Centrarchiformes.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bluegill”.