Redspotted sunfish
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The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker,[3] is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States. The redspotted sunfish was previously considered to be a western subspecies of spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) but was distinguished as a separate species by Warren in 1992.[4]
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Redspotted sunfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Centrarchidae |
Genus: | Lepomis |
Species: | L. miniatus |
Binomial name | |
Lepomis miniatus (D. S. Jordan, 1877) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Lepiopomus miniatus D.S Jordan, 1877 |
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