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Dollar sunfish

Lepomis marginatus (Holbrook, 1855)

Status not recordedbony fish

The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species in the family Centrarchidae, order Centrarchiformes.

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Quick facts about the dollar sunfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dollar sunfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dollar sunfish as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dollar sunfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dollar sunfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCentrarchiformes
  5. familyCentrarchidae
  6. genusLepomis
  7. SpeciesLepomis marginatus (Holbrook, 1855)

Synonyms Pomotis marginatus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • slunečnice lemovanáCzech
  • Dollar-solaborreDanish
  • Dollar-SonnenbarschGerman
  • Pez sol de dolarSpanish
  • Perca-sol-coloradaPortuguese
  • Perca Sol DólarSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dollar sunfish

Other species in the same genus Lepomis.

Seed

Lepomis gibbosus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

Bull

Lepomis macrochirus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

Green perch

Lepomis cyanellus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

Bream

Lepomis microlophus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

Molly

Lepomis gulosus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

CompareDollar sunfish vs SeedDollar sunfish vs BullDollar sunfish vs Redbreast sunfishDollar sunfish vs Green perch

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the dollar sunfish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the dollar sunfish as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the dollar sunfish?

The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) belongs to the family Centrarchidae in the order Centrarchiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dollar-sunfish

MLA

“Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dollar-sunfish.

BibTeX
@misc{dollar_sunfish_2026,
  title = {Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dollar-sunfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}