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  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Freshwater Sunfishes, Grunters, and Allies
  6. Pygmy Sunfishes
  7. Pygmy Sunfishes

genus

Pygmy Sunfishes

Elassoma

Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Banded Pygmy Sunfish native
  • Everglades Pygmy Sunfish native
  • Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish presumed native
  • Okefenokee Pygmy Sunfish presumed native
  • Carolina Pygmy Sunfish native
  • Spring Pygmy Sunfish native
  • Bluebarred Pygmy Sunfish

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native pygmy sunfishes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Banded Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma zonatum 1,056 observations
  • Everglades Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma evergladei 439 observations
  • Carolina Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma boehlkei 15 observations
  • Spring Pygmy Sunfish Elassoma alabamae 7 observations

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