Lepomis auritus (S0809) (12659117144)

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Description: redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus, 118mm SL. Patapsco River, near footbridge along River Road, Howard County, MD - 07/31/13. Caught by Maryland Biological Stream Survey (MBSS). Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Interestingly, this specimen (as well as nearly all our MD redbreast sunfish samples) matched with pumpkinseed, not redbreast sunfish. There is most likely a fair amount of hybridization between L. auritus and L. gibbosus in many MD systems. Date: 18 October 2006, 08:14. Source: Lepomis_auritus_(S0809). Author: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.