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Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855)

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Centrarchidae

Genus: Enneacanthus

Species: Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855)

Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • North America: occurs only in the USA in Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages below Fall Line from southern New York to lower Tombigbee River in Alabama, and south to southern Florida; and above Fall Line in New York and Pennsylvania.

    • Biology

    Inhabits vegetated lakes, ponds, quiet sand and mud-bottomed pools and backwaters of creeks and small to medium rivers.

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless