Nonnative: Green Sunfish

Green Sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus

Description: A slender bodied bream with a maximum depth that is less than the distance from the snout to the origin of the dorsal (most sunfish are deeper bodied).  Mouth relatively large, extending to the middle of the eye.  Color is blue-green on back with mottled yellow green streaks.  Gill cover is dark but has a light yellowish margin as does the edge of the fins.

Species: One

Range: From North America but do not naturally extend into Florida.

Habitat: Lakes and ponds.

Spawning Habitats: Similar to other sunfish.

Feeding Habits: Similar to other sunfish

Age and Growth: To 12 inches and perhaps two pounds.

Potential Concerns: Known to rapidly colonize a water body but then to stunt and may also hybridize with other bream affecting the gene pool.  L. cyanellus is prohibited.

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