Redspotted Sunfish
Lepomis miniatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 884
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States. The redspotted sunfish was previously considered to be a western subspecies of spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) but was distinguished as a separate species by Warren in 1992.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Redspotted sunfish”.