Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Lepomis gibbosus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 11,836
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pumpkinseed”.