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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Ambloplites: Greek, ambloo = blunt + Greek, oplites = shield (Ref. 45335); rupestris: rupestris meaning among the rocks (Ref. 10294).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 10 - ?. Temperate; 10°C - 29°C (Ref. 12741); 54°N - 34°N

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 15.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. published weight: 1.4 kg (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 18 years (Ref. 72462)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 5-7; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11; Vertebrae: 29 - 32

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North America: St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to northern Georgia, northern Alabama and Missouri (native only to Meramec River) in the USA (Ref. 5723). Introduced to Europe (Ref. 59043).

Inhabits vegetated and brushy stream margins and pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, and rocky and vegetated margins of lakes (Ref. 5723). Most commonly found in clear, silt-free rocky streams (Ref. 5723). An introduced species in Europe which avoids swift waters and occurs in a wide variety of slow-flowing to stagnant waters such as large rivers, lakes, ponds, canals and backwaters (Ref. 59043). Feeds on small crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 30578).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01385 (-0.03560 - 0.06329), b=3.11 (3.08 - 3.14), based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-3; tmax=10; Fec=3,000-11,000).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)