Sachs also sells natives... http://www.aquaculturestore.com/products.html
Consider also maybe a warmouth...
Consider also maybe a warmouth...
Smallest Sunfish
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macantley;1768402; said:
Pygmy sunfish aren't actually sunfish and are nearly impossible to get off live food.
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3364
Elassoma evergladei
Everglades pygmy sunfish
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Elassoma evergladei Jordan, 1884
Family: Elassomatidae (Pygmy sunfishes) picture (Eleve_u0.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Image of Elassoma evergladei, Everglades pygmy sunfish, Everglades dværgsolfisk, Schwarzbarsch, Schwarzer Zwergbarsch, Zwergbarsch, Okonczyk moczarowy, Chernyi okunek-elassoma, Dvärgabborre
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Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Everglades pygmy sunfish
Max. size: 3.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723)
Environment: demersal; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 7.5; dH range: 8 - 12
Climate: temperate; 10 30°C; 35°N - 27°N
Importance: aquarium: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=25)
Vulnerability: Low vulnerability (10.00), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer North America: USA from Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina to Mobile Bay in Alabama; south in Florida to northern edge of Everglades.
Biology: Occurs in swamps, heavily vegetated sloughs and small sluggish streams, usually over mud. Feeds on worms and crustaceans (Ref. 7020). Oviparous, eggs are deposited in aquatic vegetation, preferably on strands of Ceratophyllum sp. when available (Ref. 58020).
Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
Elassoma evergladei
Everglades pygmy sunfish
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Elassoma evergladei Jordan, 1884
Family: Elassomatidae (Pygmy sunfishes) picture (Eleve_u0.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Image of Elassoma evergladei, Everglades pygmy sunfish, Everglades dværgsolfisk, Schwarzbarsch, Schwarzer Zwergbarsch, Zwergbarsch, Okonczyk moczarowy, Chernyi okunek-elassoma, Dvärgabborre
Point map |
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Everglades pygmy sunfish
Max. size: 3.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723)
Environment: demersal; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 7.5; dH range: 8 - 12
Climate: temperate; 10 30°C; 35°N - 27°N
Importance: aquarium: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=25)
Vulnerability: Low vulnerability (10.00), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer North America: USA from Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina to Mobile Bay in Alabama; south in Florida to northern edge of Everglades.
Biology: Occurs in swamps, heavily vegetated sloughs and small sluggish streams, usually over mud. Feeds on worms and crustaceans (Ref. 7020). Oviparous, eggs are deposited in aquatic vegetation, preferably on strands of Ceratophyllum sp. when available (Ref. 58020).
Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous: harmless
