Spotted Sunfish | FWC - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Spotted sunfish are found throughout Florida’s lakes and rivers, but are deliberately targeted most by stream anglers in the northern part of our state. Some specific sites to try include the Choctawhatchee River, Holmes Creek and Lake Panasoffkee.
Spotted Sunfish – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2022年8月19日 · Spotted sunfish can be found in pools of creeks and small to large rivers, ponds, swamps and lakes. The photo above shows two adult spotted sunfish and a juvenile, bottom. These fish are now part of the Florida Museum ichthyology collection. Top: UF 237177 Middle: UF 238020 Bottom: UF 237640 Florida Museum photo by Zachary Randall Status ...
Florida Fish Species: Spotted Sunfish - FishExplorer.com
Spotted sunfish are found in Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from Cape Fear River in North Carolina to Nueces River in Texas, north in Mississippi River basin to central Illinois. They prefer slow-moving, heavily vegetated streams and rivers with sand, or gravel substrates.
Spotted Sunfish - Florida Springs Institute
Spotted sunfish can be found from Florida to North Carolina to Texas and up the Mississippi River as far as Illinois. Similar to other sunfish, a single male builds a nest by fanning a circular “nest”, attracts multiple females, and guards the nest until the young swim away.
Freshwater Sunfishes | FWC - Florida Fish and Wildlife …
Many different species of sunfish are found in Florida's inland waters such as bluegill, redear sunfish (shellcracker), redbreast sunfish, spotted sunfish (stumpknocker), and warmouth. This section is devoted to the research of these species.
Spotted sunfish - Wikipedia
It is found in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal drainages from the Cape Fear region in North Carolina to the Apalachicola River system in western Florida. The northernmost extent of its range is southern Tennessee.
SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Spotted Sunfish - Coastal Angler Mag
2016年7月26日 · In these parts of central-south Florida, the Spotted Sunfish goes by the name ‘Stumpknockers’ and sometimes lumped into the category of bream. Though the name is derived from their affinity for submerged timber in other parts of the southern United States, these members of the sunfish family are often overlooked as a viable food source.
An Homage To The Stumpknocker Fish (Spotted Sunfish)
2023年4月12日 · Stumpknockers are known for their rows of small black spots that run horizontally along their body (hence the name spotted sunfish). They have a dark black operculum, similar to a bluegill and can vary in color from dark olive, to …
Spotted Sunfish (Freshwater fish of Florida) · iNaturalist
The spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) is a member of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae and order perciformes. The redspotted sunfish, redear sunfish and pumpkinseed sunfish are its closest relatives.
Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus - roughfish.com
2013年9月9日 · Spotted Sunfish like to live in swampy rivers, hiding amongst brush and weeds. They can be caught on just about any smallish lure or bait. The Spotted Sunfish lives on the Atlantic Coast and Florida, in a region bounded by western Alabama and Central North Carolina.