Pumpkinseed
(Lepomis gibbosus)
General data
Scientific names:
Pumpkinseed
Local names:
Pond perch, Punkie, Sunfish, Sunny, Kivver
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climates:
Subtropical, Temperate, Continental, Mountain
Native:
North America
Distribution:
Nestos, Klamath River, Connecticut River, Savannah river, Bojana, Seine, Lake Skadar, Pineios (Thessaly), Vardar (Axios), Guadalquivir, Garonne, Ebro, Arno, Lake Volvi, Missouri, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Rhone, Dnieper, Oder, Struma - Strymonas, Colorado (Texas), Loire, Danube, Delaware River, Mississippi, Guadiana, Kamchiya, Lake Washington, Santee River, Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway)
The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes)
