Redspotted Sunfish

Lepomis miniatus

About This Fish

The Redspotted Sunfish is found in Gulf Coast drainages from Texas to Alabama, including the Mobile Basin, as well as in the Mississippi Embayment to Illinois, including the Tennessee River Drainage. They live over soft substrate in pools of creeks, swamps and lakes with aquatic vegetation. As the common name suggests, Redspotted Sunfish have red spots along their sides. Like other species of the genus Lepomis, males build nests by fanning the gravel or sand substrate with their tail.

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Lepomis

North Carolina (NC), Tennessee (TN), Alabama (AL), Mississippi (MS), Georgia (GA)

Conasauga – 03150101, Coosawattee – 03150102, Oostanaula – 03150103, Etowah – 03150104, Upper Coosa – 03150105, Middle Coosa – 03150106, Lower Coosa – 03150107, Upper Tallapoosa – 03150108, Middle Tallapoosa – 03150109, Lower Tallapoosa – 03150110, Upper Alabama – 03150201, Cahaba – 03150202, Middle Alabama – 03150203, Lower Alabama – 03150204, Upper Tombigbee – 03160101, Buttahatchee – 03160103, Luxapallila – 03160105, Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub – 03160106, Sipsey – 03160107, Noxubee – 03160108, Mulberry – 03160109, Sipsey Fork – 03160110, Locust – 03160111, Upper Black Warrior – 03160112, Lower Black Warrior – 03160113, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw – 03160201, Sucarnoochee – 03160202, Lower Tombigbee – 03160203, Mobile Tensaw – 03160204, Mobile Bay – 03160205, Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga – 06020001, Guntersville Lake – 06030001, Wheeler Lake – 06030002, Pickwick Lake – 06030005, Bear – 06030006, Lower Tennessee-Beech – 06040001, Lower Duck – 06040003, Buffalo – 06040004, Kentucky Lake – 06040005

Redspotted Sunfish

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