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Banded Sunfishes
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Banded Sunfishes

Enneacanthus

Enneacanthus is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is E. obesus, the banded sunfish, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the banded or little sunfishes.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Blue-spotted Sunfish

speciesEnneacanthus gloriosus

Banded Sunfish

speciesEnneacanthus obesus

Black-banded Sunfish

speciesEnneacanthus chaetodon

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88173.