Summary ⁷

The warmouth, warmouth sunfish, or warmouth bass is the common name for Lepomis gulosus, a large sunfish found throughout the eastern United States. Other local names include molly, redeye, goggle-eye, red-eyed bream, stump knocker, and strawberry perch. The warmouth bass is not a rock bass.

Biology ⁸

Adults are usually found over mud in vegetated lakes, ponds, swamps and quiet water areas of streams.

Sources and Credits

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7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepomis_gulosus
8. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30870065

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalPhotos
• FishBase
• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

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