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Lepomis microlophus
redear sunfish
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Lepomis microlophus (Günther, 1859)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		redear sunfish
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Perciformes, Suborder Percoidei, Family Centrarchidae, Genus Lepomis, Species Lepomis microlophus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		KY: S4S5; TN: S5
Evidence:		7 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Everglades National Park	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hot Springs National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Natchez Trace Parkway
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Shiloh National Military Park	Stones River National Battlefield
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	9/13/2018

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 10:40:00 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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