




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.
生息地: Freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers
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.





カテゴリ
魚類レア度
Common
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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!
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.
Eats lots of different small critters, from insects to tiny fish, staying healthy!
年齢による違い: Young sunfish eat smaller invertebrates; adults consume larger prey including small fish and crayfish.
Micropterus salmoides
Common prey for larger predatory fish.
Ardea herodias
Hunted by wading birds in shallow areas.
Orconectes virilis
Preys on smaller crustaceans like crayfish.
Chironomus plumosus
Feeds on insect larvae found in sediment.
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10-20 cm
0.1-0.3 kg
5-8 年
Eats lots of different small critters, from insects to tiny fish, staying healthy!
5 km/h
Freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers
Ambush and Foraging
5 m
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