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Lepomis aquilensis

(Baird and Girard, 1853)

Plains Longear Sunfish

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1310441

Element CodeAFCQB110B0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderCentrarchiformes

FamilyCentrarchidae

GenusLepomis

Concept Reference

Kim, D., B.H. Bauer, and T.J. Near. 2022. Introgression and species delimitation in the longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Systematic Biology 71(2): 273-285.

Taxonomic Comments

Lepomis aquilensis was removed from synonymy with L. megalotis based on phylogenomics and phenotype differences (Kim et al. 2022, Page et al. 2023).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Texas	SNR	Yes
Louisiana	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Texas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Winters Bayou	National Forests in Texas	730

References (2)

Kim, D., B.H. Bauer, and T.J. Near. 2022. Introgression and species delimitation in the longear sunfish <i>Lepomis megalotis</i> (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae). Systematic Biology 71(2): 273-285.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.