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Name: |
Green Sunfish |
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Other Common
Names: |
Shade perch, black perch, slicks, ricefield slick, mud bass, rubber-tail, bluespotted sunfish, pond perch, green perch, sand bass, sunfish |
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Scientific Name: |
Lepomis cyanellus |
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Food: |
Insects, small fish |
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Habitat: |
Found in a large selection of waters such as small brooks to large lakes. Prefers weed shorelines or rocky cover rather than open water. |
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Length: |
Rarely exceeds 7 inches in length |
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Identification: |
Bluish green back and sides with white to light yellow belly; sides of the head mottled with emerald and yellow streaks; black ear flap has a whitish or yellowish margin; leading edges of the dorsal, anal and caudal fins typically whitish or yellow-orange |
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Photo & text
Courtesy of |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B. Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Fishes of Indiana published by Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Fish and Game (1964) |