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centrarchid - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae - sunfish family

crappie - small sunfishes of central United States rivers

freshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

Lepomis gibbosus, pumpkinseed - small brilliantly colored North American sunfish

Ambloplites rupestris, rock sunfish, rock bass - game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes

black bass - widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

sunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae

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Distinguishing centrarchid genera by use of lateral line scales.

The use of scales to estimate the prey size of Nearctic River otters (Lontra canadensis) and other piscivores

The influence of environmental variability, resource abundance, and predation on juvenile cyprinid and centrarchid fishes.

Dispersal, boundary processes, and trophic-level interactions in streams adjacent to beaver ponds

The Centrarchid system is similar to the perch-roach system in that different life stages of the piscivorous species (perch and largemouth bass) are affected differently by prey species (roach and blue-gill sunfish) which at the same time competes with juveniles of the piscivorous species (Persson 1988, Olson 1993).

Prey refuges affecting interactions between piscivorous perch and juvenile perch and roach

Harvey (1987) indicated that flood events displaced and killed cyprinid and centrarchid larvae 5-10 mm TL, but larger individuals could better maintain their position.

Age-class structure and variability of two populations of the bluemask darter Etheostoma (Doration) sp

Pteronotropis hubbsi is 1 of about 10 cyprinids known to spawn over centrarchid nests.

Reproductive Behavior and Spawning Microhabitat of the Flagfin Shiner Pteronotropis signipinnis

Fishless habitats contain a large-bodied ecotype and habitats with centrarchid fish contain a small-bodied ecotype (Wellborn, 1995a).

Selection on a Sexually Dimorphic Trait in Ecotypes within the Hyalella azteca Species Complex (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae)

A study of the life history of the centrarchid Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook) near the southern limit of its range.

Life history of a peripheral population of bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook), with comments on geographic variation

The modified mantles of females of most species in these genera strongly resemble small fishes, large terrestrial insects, or other large invertebrates, items which comprise the bulk of the diet of centrarchid fishes in streams (Carlander, 1977).

Host fishes and host-attracting behavior of Lampsilis altilis and Villosa sabex (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams

Officially the centrarchid family of fishes, sunfish are relatively small carnivorous freshwater fishes such as bluegill, shell-cracker, warmouth, both black and white crappie, green sunfish, redear sunfish, and black bass.

Bust a Bream: Late spring is high time for bluegills, shellcrackers and other panfish

The large centrarchid can migrate an average of 6.5 km between summer and winter habitats and may migrate distances up to 75 km (Lyons and Kanehl, 2002).

Conservation Genetics of the Endangered Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)

Bolnick DI, Near TJ (2005) Tempo of hybrid inviability in centrarchid fishes (Teleostei: Centrarchidae).

Viability and fertility of hybrid New Zealand tree weta Hemideina spp. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)