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Lepomis megalotis  (Rafinesque, 1820)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 168153

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Xenotis aureolus Jordan, 1877
  
    Icthelis aurita Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Pomotis bombifrons Agassiz, 1854
  
    Pomotis inscriptus Agassiz, 1854
  
    Xenotis lythrochloris Jordan, 1877
  
    Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Pomotis nitida Kirtland, 1840
  
    Pomotis sanguinolentus Agassiz, 1854
  
  Common Name(s): mojarra gigante [Spanish]
  
    crapet à longues oreilles [French]
  
    mojarra orejona [Spanish]
  
    Longear Sunfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyCentrarchidae  – sunfishes, achigans et crapets, lobinas  
                                     GenusLepomis Rafinesque, 1819 – common sunfishes, eared sunfishes  
                                        SpeciesLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820) – mojarra gigante, crapet à longues oreilles, mojarra orejona, Longear Sunfish  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Howard L. Jelks  
  Notes: Retired Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis    
       
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: crapet à longues oreilles[French]   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 05-Oct-2021, website (version 5-Oct-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2021. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 08 Oct 2021   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Source: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Database (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program maintains a database that monitors, records, and analyzes sightings of nonindigenous aquatic plant and animal species throughout the United States. The program is based at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, Florida   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gilbert, Carter R.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Type catalogue of Recent and fossil North American Freshwater fishes: families Cyprinidae, Catostomidae, Ictaluridae, Centrarchidae and Elassomatidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Florida Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 1   
  Page(s): 1-284   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1447374   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kim, Daemin, Bruce H. Bauer, and Thomas J. Near  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Introgression and Species Delimitation in the Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Biology, syab029   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1063-5157   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syab029   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Near, Thomas J., and James B. Koppelman  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species diversity, phylogeny and phylogeography of Centrarchidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Centrarchid Fishes Diversity, Biology, and Conservation   
  Page(s): 1-38   
  Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell   
  Publication Place: Chichester, West Sussex, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1405133422   
  Notes: Edited by S. J. Cooke and D. P. Philipp   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis, crapet à longues oreilles [French], Longear Sunfish [English], mojarra gigante [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): ix + 384   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874318, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Lawrence M. Page, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, Nicholas E. Mandrak, Richard L. Mayden, and Joseph S. Nelson   
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis, Longear Sunfish [English], mojarra orejona [Spanish]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12   
  Page(s): 174   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-0638   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20   
  Page(s): 183   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-70-9, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepomis megalotis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native & Introduced  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: From Kim et al. 2021: ...we elevate Lepomis aquilensis and Lepomis solis out of synonymy with L. megalotis. Formal rediagnoses of these species and descriptions of L. sp. Ouachita and L. sp. Ozark are subjects for future investigations  
 

 

    

 
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