Spotted Sunfish
Lepomis punctatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,433
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a member of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae and order Centrarchiformes. The redspotted sunfish, redear sunfish and pumpkinseed sunfish are its closest relatives. Lepomis punctatus is olive-green to brown in color with black to reddish spots at the base of each scale that form rows of dots on the side.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Spotted sunfish”.