FreshwaterBrackish
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Centrarchidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 40 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 1,464 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Canada and United States.
Introduced to Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, and 30 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabits vegetated lakes and ponds, as well as quiet pools of creeks and small rivers. Feeds on small fishes and other vertebrates, as well as fish eggs. Adtults rarely form schools but occur in pairs or loose aggregations of three to four individuals; young individuals aggregate in fairly large schools. An introduced species in Europe which avoids swift waters and occurs in estuaries with a salinity up to 18.2 ppt. Reported in Europe to prey on a wide variety of invertebrates. Considered undesirable catch.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Eupomotis gibbosus
- Lepomus gibbosus
- Perca gibbosa
- Pomotis vulgaris
In other languages
- Rødgjellet sollabbor, Rødgjellet solabbor
- Solabborre
- Almindelig solaborre, Solaborre, Solbars
- Aurinkoahven
- Common sunfish, Pond perch, Pumkinseed, Pumpkinseed sunfish, Punky, Sun bass, Sunfish, Sunny, Yellow sunfish
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to set up a North American aquarium5 min read
Streams and ponds in North America are often cool. How to set up an aquarium without a heater, with pygmy sunfish, shiners and darters.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.