@Okefenokee-pygmy-sunfish
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Okefenokee pygmy sunfish

Food Value

Unknown


Environments

Species considered (demersal) sinking to or lying on the bottom; living on or near the bottom and feeding on benthic organisms. Occurs in swamps, heavily vegetated sloughs and small sluggish streams, usually over mud. Oviparous, eggs are deposited in aquatic vegetation, preferably on strands of Ceratophyllum sp. when available (Ref. 58020).

Distribution

North America: Lower Altamaha River drainage, Georgia south to central part of peninsular Florida, and west to Choctawhatchee River drainage, Florida, USA.

Classification

  • Kingdom
    Animalia
  • Phylum
    Chordata
  • Class
    Teleostei
  • Order
    Centrarchiformes
  • Family
    Elassomatidae
  • Genus
    Elassoma
  • Species
    okefenokee
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Common Names:

  • Okefenokee pygmy sunfish