Species: Lepomis gulosus
Warmouth
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Centrarchidae
Genus
Lepomis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
crapet sac-à-lait
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Perciformes - Centrarchidae - Lepomis - as masculine for nomenclatural purposes.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats small crustaceans, aquatic insect larvae, and (large individuals) crayfish and fishes (Moyle 1976).
Reproduction Comments
Spawns in spring and summer. Eggs hatch in 34.5 hours at 25-26 C. Sexually mature usually in 2nd or 3rd summer. Male guards and fans eggs. May spawn 2 or more times per season. See Moyle (1976), Becker (1983), and Sublette et al. (1990).
Length
28
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-23
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-23
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Native to Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins from western Pennsylvania to Minnesota, south to the Gulf Coast; Atlantic and Gulf drainages from Rappahannock River, Virginia, to Rio Grande, Texas and New Mexico (Page and Burr 1991). Known from a couple locations in southwestern Ontario, Canada (Crossman et al. 1996). Introduced widely in western U.S., including lower Colorado River drainage, and in portions of Atlantic slope.