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Fish Species Description

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Rafinesque, 1819

Classification

Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Alternate Names: bream, bluegill sunfish, sun perch

Status:

Freshwater

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

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

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