SUNFISH OF MINNESOTA

DESCRIPTION

• Theyre usually around 1-3 lbs
• Around 5-7 inches
• Males are more colorful than females
• They can lay up to 50,000 eggs at one time!
• Theyre found in 65% of minnesota lakes, rivers, and streams

HABITAT OF THE SUNFISH

• Smaller sunfish such as the green and pumpkinseed live mostly in the weeds
• Bluegill once they are at there physical peak of which they dont grow they live in the open waters

FOOD/DIET

• They usually eat tiny zooplankton or algae
• Some of them eat small fish
• They usally live 1-2 years

INTERESTING FACTS

• If food is scarce, they will sometime eat their eggs
• Theyre the most popular fish in minnesota
• There are a lot of hybrid sunfish, as panfish have very similar genes
• Can be so small, they can slip between the tight spaces to hide from other fish

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