#centrarchidae

[herpsandbirds]

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu), family Centrarchidae, order Centrarchiformes, native to freshwater ecosystems in the Midwestern US and SE Canada

Introduced to many other parts of North America.

photographs by Eric Engbretson U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

[bethanythebogwitch]

Orangespotted sunfish. These don't get much bigger than this around here

Green sunfish. These do get bigger

[sturgeonposting]

ah thank fuck finally a good blog, sturgeon and (real) pike and gar all the way brother, fuck salmonids fuck sunfishes fuck crappies fuck perch, that shit makes me want to fucking die dude

Cheering along and saying hell yeah and pretending to be macho and cool with you because i want to fit in and i didnt have many friends at school growing up while also trying really hard not to let you see that I’m crying a little because i actually really like centrarchids and brim fish

[miyrumiyru]

School of Fish 🐟

Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans)

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Most fish can only swim in one direction: forwards. The bluegill sunfish, however, has special muscles in their pectoral, anal and dorsal fins which allow them to swim backwards!

(Image: A bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) by Ryan Haggerty)

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[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus Centrarchidae (Freshwater Sunfishes)

Photographs taken on August 7, 2021, at Parry Sound District, Ontario.

[herpsandbirds]

Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), family Centrarchidae, order Centrarchiformes, native to freshwater systems in the eastern US and Canada, this fish has been widely introduced to other locations.

photograph by Sam Stukel/USFWS

[herpsandbirds]

Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), family Centrarchidae, order Centrarchiformes, native to eastern and central U.S. and Canada

photograph by Billy Bensted-Smith