Date of Award:
5-1951
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Watershed Sciences
Department name when degree awarded
Fishery Management
Committee Chair(s)
William F. Sigler
Committee
William F. Sigler
Committee
George H. Kelker
Committee
Jessop B. Low
Committee
Arthur H. Holmgren
Committee
Thomas L. Bahler
Abstract
The green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae. Curtis (1949) states that all members of the sunfish family are native only to North America, and are primarily warm-water fish. According to Jordan and Evermann (1934) the green sun-fish is generally abundant in all suitable waters from central Ohio and Indiana to the Rio Grande. Forbes and Richardson (1920) give the general distribution of the green sunfish to be from the Great Lakes to Mexico, the Mississippi Valley, and everywhere in small sluggish streams except east of the Alleghanies and in Canada. The green sunfish is not native to Utah, but has been introduced in a number of ponds in the state. It is not considered important as a pan-fish because of its limited range and small size.
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Recommended Citation
Wright, Young E., "Age and Growth of the Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque in Northern Utah" (1951). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4862.
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