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457:. The specialization of this species for the deep-water, mollusk-feeding niche allows it to be introduced to lakes without the risk of competition with fish that prefer shallower water or surface-feeding. In recent years, the stocking of redear has found new allies due to the fish's ability to eat
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501:, as old as 16.3 million years, dating back to the
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493:The redear sunfish is the first-known species of
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1257:Extant Miocene first appearances
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288:A redear sunfish captured in
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1247:Taxa named by Albert Günther
698:spp.) in an Estuarine Bayou"
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513:Redear sunfish is a popular
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877:. November 2005 version.
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509:Relationship with humans
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410:larvae and
396:zooplankton
297:Description
243:cherry gill
135:Perciformes
1226:Categories
914:Panfishing
803:2022-04-06
779:2009-11-20
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537:References
418:, aquatic
404:chironomid
351:Rio Grande
275:introduced
271:sport fish
247:chinquapin
702:Estuaries
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497:based on
483:hybridize
400:amphipods
392:hydrobiid
388:ostracods
319:operculum
255:sun perch
163:Species:
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1152:NCBI
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1103:ITIS
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920:ISBN
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