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Fish Species Description

Green sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Rafinesque, 1819

Classification

Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Alternate Names: blue sunfish

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

The green sunfish is considered introduced to Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages west to the Apalachicola. It is probably native to the Upper Coosa and Tennessee drainages.

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Tennessee, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chattahoochee, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwannee, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah River basins.

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