Friday, December 20, 2013

Illinois Native Fish

Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) is a very common fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) that resides in shallow rivers and lakes. It likes to eat aquatic insects and other small fish.

Grass Pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus) is a fish in the pike family (Esocidae) that lives in shallow, eutrophic, highly vegetated, slow moving rivers and lakes.

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