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Acantharchus pomotis in USA (contiguous states)
Mud sunfish

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Acantharchus pomotis   (Baird, 1855)
Family:	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)			picture (Acpom_u0.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mud sunfish
Max. size:	21.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723)
Environment:	demersal; pH range: 6.80000019073486 - 7.80000019073486; dH range: 10 - 25
Climate:	subtropical; 10 - 22°C; 41°N - 29°N
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	North America: widely distributed in Atlantic Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont drainages from Hudson River in New York to St. Johns River in Florida, USA and in Gulf Coastal Plain drainages of northern Florida and southern Georgia, USA from Suwannee River to St. Marks River.
Biology:	Usually occurs over mud and detritus in vegetated sloughs, lakes, and pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers
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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USA (contiguous states) country information
Common names:	Mud sunfish		Ref:  Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	occasional (usually not seen)		Ref:  Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Uses:	no uses
States/Provinces:	Florida (endemic) Georgia (endemic) New York (endemic)
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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