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Redbreast sunfish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Centrarchidae
Genus:
Lepomis
Species:
L. auritus
Binomial name
Lepomis auritus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Labrus auritus Linnaeus, 1758
The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to the river systems of eastern Canada and the United States. The redbreast sunfish reaches a maximum recorded length of about 30 centimetres (12 in).
The species prefers vegetated and rocky pools and lake margins for its habitat. Its diet can include insects, snails, and other small invertebrates. A panfish popular with anglers, the redbreast sunfish is also kept as an aquarium fish by hobbyists. Redbreast sunfish are usually caught with live bait such as nightcrawlers, crickets, grasshoppers, waxworms, or mealworms. They can also be caught using small lures or flies. Most anglers use light spinning tackle to catch redbreast sunfish. It is popular with fly anglers in the winter because it will more readily strike a moving fly than will bluegills in cooler water.
As is typical for the sunfishes, the female redbreast sunfish lays her eggs (about 1000) in a substrate depression built by the male.[2] The male guards the eggs and fry.
The specific epithet, auritus, is Latin for big-eared.
Typical redbreast sunfish from the Tallapoosa River, Alabama
^NatureServe (2013). "Lepomis auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T184095A18235291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184095A18235291.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ abFroese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Lepomis auritus" in FishBase. July 2022 version.
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