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Lepomis cyanellus in Mauritius
Green sunfish

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Lepomis cyanellus   Rafinesque, 1819
Family:	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)			picture (Lecya_u4.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Green sunfish
Max. size:	31.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723); max. published weight: 960 g (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 9 years
Environment:	benthopelagic; pH range: 7 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15
Climate:	subtropical; 18 - 32°C; 50°N - 26°N
Global Importance:	aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=5)
Distribution:	North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and from Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south Dakota, USA, and south to the Gulf of Mexico; from Escambia River in Florida, and Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama to Rio Grande in Texas, USA. Also northern Mexico.
Biology:	Inhabit quiet pools and backwaters of sluggish streams; lakes and ponds. Often near vegetation (Ref. 5723, 10294). Juveniles feed on immature insects and microcrustaceans (Ref. 10294). Nest spawners (Ref. 79012)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. (Ref. 5723)
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Mauritius country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mp.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	ncb.intnet.mu/fishco/index.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Welcomme, R.L., 1988
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	Note: No data are available if label is black .
Tools:	Biogeographic modelling | Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point map |
Internet sources:	Alien/Invasive species database | BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | National databases | PubMed | Scirus | Tree of Life | Zoological Record
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Welcomme, Robin L.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07