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Centrarchidae

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n.1.a natural family of fish comprising the sunfishes. See sunfish.
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Noun1.Centrarchidae - sunfish family
family Centrarchidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
genus Pomoxis, Pomoxis - crappies
genus Lepomis, Lepomis - bream
Ambloplites, genus Ambloplites - a genus of Centrarchidae
freshwater bass - North American food and game fish
genus Micropterus, Micropterus - American freshwater black basses
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The largemouth bass, small mouth bass and spotted bass- belong to the sunfish family Centrarchidae whose other members include: bluegills, pumpkinseed and rock bass.
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The most diverse families in the Valparaiso chain of lakes include the Centrarchidae and Cyprinidae (8 species each).
Distribution of fish assemblages in the Valparaiso chain of lakes, ... by Morris, Charles C. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Discussion As in the present account, many previously reported cases of predation on horsehair worms involved fishes of the families Centrarchidae and Salmonidae (Cochran et al.
Additional cases of predation on horsehair worms (Phylum ... by Cochran, Joseph A. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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