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Lepomis megalotis
Longear Sunfish
Indiana Dunes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

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


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		IN: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Big Bend National Park
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Buffalo National River	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Hot Springs National Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mammoth Cave National Park
Monocacy National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Prince William Forest Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Voyageurs National Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	4/19/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 6:05:25 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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