Monday, September 21, 2009

Meet Mr. &. Mrs. Centrarchidae, aka the sunfish family

Southeast Wisconsin is the watery home of the sunfish clan. Members include the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, the aggressive feeder, the warmouth, Lepomis (Chaenobryttus) gulosis, green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus, the northern longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis peltastes, with “megalotis” meaning “big ear,” the colorful pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, the #1 panfish in Wisconsin, the bluegill, Lepomis machrochirus, the more streamlined orangespotted sunfish, Lepomis humilis, northern rock bass, Amblolites repestris, white crappie, Pomoxis annularis, and the black crappie, Pomoxis nigromachulatus.

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