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title: "Pez sol de dolar"
description: "Lepomis marginatus — Peces. The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/dollar-sunfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pez sol de dolar

> Lepomis marginatus — Peces. The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes.

- Scientific name: *Lepomis marginatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1710
- Wikidata: [Q3757935](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3757935)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104254](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104254)

## Names

- en: Dollar Sunfish
- de: Dollar-Sonnenbarsch
- es: Pez sol de dolar

## Countries with the most observations

US (1594)

## Summary

The dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes. It is categorized as a warm-water panfish. Early settlers said that this species of sunfish resembled a European species they called "bream". Historically it has been found along the Southern Atlantic coastal drainages from North Carolina to Florida, and west to Texas. Lepomis marginatus mainly feeds on detritus and filamentous algae as well as a few terrestrial insects (Homoptera, Hymenoptera). The juvenile and mature fish do not have many predators, but the eggs in the nest…

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

## Photo

![Pez sol de dolar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dollar-sunfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Emmanuel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263574472

## Machine access

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