Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Elassoma zonatum
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The banded pygmy sunfish, Elassoma zonatum, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to the United States, where it is found from Indiana and Illinois to Texas to the Atlantic coast. It prefers densely vegetated bodies of slow-moving water. This species can reach 4.7 cm (1.9 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 3.5 cm (1.4 in).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Elassomatidae
- Genus
- Elassoma