---
title: "Bass słoneczny"
description: "Lepomis gibbosus — Ryby. The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pumpkinseed
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bass słoneczny

> Lepomis gibbosus — Ryby. The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes.

- Scientific name: *Lepomis gibbosus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 20557
- Wikidata: [Q826713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49614](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49614)

## Names

- en: Pumpkinseed
- de: Gemeiner Sonnenbarsch
- es: Perca sol
- fr: Perche soleil
- nl: Zonnebaars
- pt: Perca-sol
- pl: Bass słoneczny

## Countries with the most observations

US (8553), CA (5709), FR (902), IT (675), ES (654), PT (452), DE (449), AT (436), SI (181), UA (175), HR (121), CH (116)

## Summary

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as sun perch, pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small to medium–sized freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.

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

## Photo

![Bass słoneczny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pumpkinseed/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13315289

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pumpkinseed?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).