Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known from the drainages of the Douro, Guadiana and Tagus r. and in the east Pyrenees (Ref. 13364, 13367 and 13368). There is an increasing trend of spread of this fish (Ref. 27761).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Lever, C., 1996
National Database:
ICTIMED
> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Lepomis:Greek, lepis = scaled + Greek, poma = gill cover, operculum (Ref. 45335, 79012); gibbosus:gibbosus from gibbous, or like a full moon, referring to body shape (Ref. 1998). More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia