Summary ²

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose. It is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes. Lepomis, in Greek, means "scaled gill cover" and macrochirus means large hand, which may be a reference to its body shape. A defining characteristic of the bluegill is the bright blue edging visible on its gill rakers.

Link to Access Genomic Data ³

http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_SearchTerms?query=%22Lepomis%20macrochirus%22[tax]

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1. (c) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/widnr/8538678901/
2. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepomis_macrochirus
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