pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Centrarchidae
- Genus
- Lepomis
Where to Find
Found in 6 diving areas across 3 countries and 2 regions.
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 2 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 32 records
- Québec, Canada - 307 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 3 records
- New England, United States - 6 records