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Green Sunfish

lepomis cyanellus

The Green Sunfish is a colorful fish that loves to swim in ponds and lakes! With its bright green and blue colors, it looks like a little treasure under the water.

Lebensraum: Freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers

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The Green Sunfish has an olive-green body with a blue or purplish sheen, often showing faint vertical bars. It features a large mouth, distinctive red-orange fin edges, and a prominent black spot with a light rim on its gill cover.

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Green Sunfish

Kategorie

Fische

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A male Green Sunfish guards its nest and even fans the eggs with his fins.

Despite their name, their scales often shimmer more blue than green!

These fish are expert nest builders, creating circular depressions in soft river bottoms.

They can make grunting sounds using special teeth in their throat!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Green Sunfish can slightly change skin color to blend with murky or clear water because of specialized pigment cells.

Green Sunfish has a lateral line system that helps them detect vibrations from prey or predators, even in darkness.

Green Sunfish can open their large mouth very wide to swallow surprisingly big prey whole, making them effective predators.

Maße und Details

Länge: 10-20 cm
Gewicht: 0.1-0.3 kg
Lebenserwartung: 5-8 Jahre
Schwimmgeschwindigkeit: 5 km/h
Maximale Tiefe: 5 m
Wasserart: Süßwasser

Ernährung und Fütterung

Eats lots of different small critters, from insects to tiny fish, staying healthy!

Altersunterschiede: Young sunfish eat smaller invertebrates; adults consume larger prey including small fish and crayfish.

Hauptnahrung

insects
crayfish
small fish
tadpoles
snails

Methoden der Nahrungssuche

Ambush
Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Common prey for larger predatory fish.

eaten by

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Hunted by wading birds in shallow areas.

eats

Northern Crayfish

Orconectes virilis

Preys on smaller crustaceans like crayfish.

eats

Bloodworm midge larva

Chironomus plumosus

Feeds on insect larvae found in sediment.

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Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.