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Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series
AS-506 |
Redear Sunfish
(Lepmois microlopus)
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| Common name: |
Redear Sunfish
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| Scientific name: |
Lepmois microlopus
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| Production potential: |
Easy
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| Marketing potential: |
Potential: High
Size: 1-4 inches
Market: Sport
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| Temperature Requirements: |
Growing: 55-80oF
Spawning: 75-80oF Spawning starts at 75oF and is retarded at
temperature below 70oF.
Lethal: NA
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| Feed requirements: |
Protein: 32%
Fat: NA
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| Spawning requirements: |
Males construct and guard nests,
usually in colonies with other males. Females my produce 15,000-30,000 eggs per spawn. |
Most common
production systems: |
Ponds stocked at a rate of 100,000-200,000 fingerlings per acre to produce 1-2 inch
fingerlings in one growing season. |
http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/publicat/state/il-in/as-506.htm
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