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• Sunfish shows the way through the fog

  Author:Sunny BainsFrom:Science (Vol. 272, Issue 5262) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 1996826 words Article Researchers studying the retina of the green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) believe they have determined how the fish can see clearly in water containing debris that scatters light. The fish's strategy, dubbed 'polarization...

• Efficiency of Sampling Sunfishes Using Snorkeling in Clear, Warm-Water Streams of the South-Central United States

  Authors:Robert Mollenhauer and Shannon K. BrewerFrom:Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20184,509 words Report 1370LThe continued evaluation of fish-sampling gears and methods is essential to identify their applicability across environmental conditions and among species. Although limited by visibility, snorkeling has potential...

• CO-OCCURRENCE OF CHIRICAHUA LEOPARD FROGS (LITHOBATES CHIRICAHUENSIS) WITH SUNFISH (LEPOMIS)

  Authors:Paige E. Howell, Brent H. Sigafus, Blake R. Hossack, and Erin MuthsFrom:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 64, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20192,063 words Report 1300LInvasive species are a major threat to the persistence of native species, particularly in systems where ephemeral aquatic habitats have been replaced by permanent water and predators, such as fish, have been introduced....

• Observations on a school of ocean sunfish and evidence for a symbiotic cleaning association with albatrosses

  Authors:Takuzo Abe, Keiko Sekiguchi, Hiroji Onishi, Kota Muramatsu, and Takehiko KamitoFrom:Marine Biology (Vol. 159, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20122,297 words Report 1190LWe observed a school of ocean sunfish Mola mola at the surface in the western North Pacific Ocean (40[degrees]46.8'N, 165[degrees]01.7'E) for about 90 min in July 2010. The school consisted of juvenile fish,...

• Life history of a peripheral population of bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook), with comments on geographic variation

  Authors:Douglas J. Snyder and Mark S. PetersonFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 141, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19994,953 words Article Enneacanthus gloriosus occurs in coastal plain drainages from New York to Florida and W to Mississippi, but little is known about its life history. Enneacanthus gloriosus is smaller and shorter-lived in Mississippi than...

• Distribution and status of the state-endangered redspotted sunfish Lepomis miniatus in Illinois

  Authors:Jeremy S. Tiemann, Trent Thomas, and John EpifanioFrom:Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science (Vol. 108, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20151,944 words Report 1440LThe Redspotted Sunfish (Lepomis miniatus) occurs in clear, low gradient, well-vegetated streams and backwater lakes. Although never abundant in Illinois, the distribution of L. miniatus has been reduced in the state due...

• Evidence of a range expansion in sunfish from 47 years of coastal sightings.

  Authors:Olga Lyashevska, Deirdre Brophy, Steve Wing, David G. Johns, Damien Haberlin, and Thomas K. DoyleFrom:Marine Biology (Vol. 169, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20227,259 words Report 1580LAlmost nothing is known about the historical abundance of the ocean sunfish. Yet as an ecologically and functionally important taxa, understanding changes in abundance may be a useful indicator of how our seas are...

• Helminth parasites of two species of Lepomis (Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae) from an urban watershed and their potential use in environmental monitoring

  Authors:Sidney M. Anderson, Riccardo A. Fiorillo, Tamara J. Cook, and William I. LutterschmidtFrom:Georgia Journal of Science (Vol. 73, Issue 2-4) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer-Winter 20154,487 words Report 1510LABSTRACT We provide a checklist of the common parasites of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) collected from eight creeks within an urban watershed located in Columbus, Georgia. A...

• Morphological change and phenotypic plasticity in response to water velocity in three species of Centrarchidae

  Authors:A.E. Istead, S. Yavno, and M.G. FoxFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 93, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20157,717 words Report 1470LMorphological responses to flowing water have been documented in many fishes, but rarely reported in species with gibbose body types, despite their use of riffles in rivers and streams. In this study, we compared...

• Temperature tolerance of green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)

  Authors:Cheryl Cortemeglia and Thomas L. BeitingerFrom:The Texas Journal of Science (Vol. 60, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20082,626 words Report 1440LAbstract.-Mean ([+ or -] SD) critical thermal maxima of green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) acclimated from 10 to 35[degrees]C ranged from 33.5[+ or -]0.83[degrees]C to 41.3[+ or -]0.26[degrees]C while the critical...

• Temporal variation in cuckoldry and paternity in two sunfish species (Lepomis spp.) with alternative reproductive tactics

  Authors:Bryan D. Neff and Elizabeth L. ClareFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 86, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20083,952 words Report 1410LAbstract: Male alternative reproductive tactics have been described in many mating systems. In fishes, these tactics typically involve a territorial male that defends a spawning site or nest and a parasitic male that...

• Ecological explanation through functional morphology: the feeding biology of sunfishes

  Author:Peter C. WainwrightFrom:Ecology (Vol. 77, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19965,972 words Article Researchers have been using simple morphological measures as indicators of ecological features for some time. The utility of morphological variables as ecological indicators depends upon our understanding of how the...

• Functional linkages among morphology, feeding performance, diet, and competitive ability in molluscivorous sunfish

  Author:Casey J. Fisher HuckinsFrom:Ecology (Vol. 78, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19979,405 words Article Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and redear (Lepomis microlophus) sunfish are phylogenetic sister species that are specialized for molluscivory. The native ranges of these two sunfishes are allopatric, except for a small...

• Evidence of a Shift in the Littoral Fish Community of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

  Authors:Brian Mahardja, Mary Jade Farruggia, Brian Schreier, and Ted SommerFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 24, 20178,270 words Author abstract 1580LMany estuarine and freshwater ecosystems worldwide have undergone substantial changes due to multiple anthropogenic stressors. Over the past two decades, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) in California, USA, saw...