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title: "Redspotted Sunfish"
description: "Lepomis miniatus — Fische. The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/redspotted-sunfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Redspotted Sunfish

> Lepomis miniatus — Fische. The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States.

- Scientific name: *Lepomis miniatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 1407
- Wikidata: [Q2145037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145037)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104255](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104255)

## Names

- en: Redspotted Sunfish

## Countries with the most observations

US (1327)

## Summary

The redspotted sunfish (Lepomis miniatus), also known as a stumpknocker, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is native to the United States.  The redspotted sunfish was previously considered to be a western subspecies of spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) but was distinguished as a separate species by Warren in 1992.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redspotted_sunfish

## Photo

![Redspotted Sunfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/redspotted-sunfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71029631

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/redspotted-sunfish?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).