Orangespotted Sunfish(Female)-Scioto River Drainage, Ohio

The orangespotted sunfish is a North American species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. These fish are widely distributed across the middle and eastern United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the east, from the Great Lakes south into the Gulf Coast. The orangespotted sunfish is ecologically unique and thrives in turbid, shallow systems that have few predators and low oxygen contents. The species prefers vegetated areas in sluggish backwaters or lakes, and can also.. more