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Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Centrarchus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335); macropterus: From the Greek words kentron=spine, archos=anus (referring to the development of the anal spines); macropterus (Greek)=long fin (Ref. 79012).
More on author: Lacepède.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15. Temperate; 12°C - 22°C (Ref. 1672); 42°N - 29°N
North America: occurs only in the USA from Potomac River drainage in Maryland to central Florida and west to Trinity River in Texas; north in Former Mississippi Embayment to southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.2 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); common length : 13.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); poids max. publié: 560.00 g (Ref. 4699); âge max. reporté: 6 années (Ref. 72462)
Occur in swamps, vegetated lakes, ponds, sloughs and backwaters and pools of creeks and small rivers, usually over mud (Ref. 5723, 10294). Invertivore: feed mainly on Hemiptera and Corixidae (Ref. 79012).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Produces a minimum of 200 eggs.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00646 - 0.02815), b=3.11 (2.94 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.38 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tmax=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).