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title: "Bluegill"
description: "Lepomis macrochirus — Peixes. The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as \"bream\", \"brim\", \"sunny\", or, in Texas, \"copper nose\", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bluegill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bluegill

> Lepomis macrochirus — Peixes. The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains.

- Scientific name: *Lepomis macrochirus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 65502
- Wikidata: [Q1148148](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148148)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49591)

## Names

- en: Bluegill
- de: Blauer Sonnenbarsch
- es: Mojarra oreja azul
- fr: Crapet arlequin
- pl: Bass pręgowany

## Countries with the most observations

US (58379), CA (2326), JP (181), MX (104), ZA (80), KR (57), CN (11), CU (3), GT (3)

## Summary

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains. It is from the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, crappies and black basses) in the order Centrarchiformes. 
Bluegills can grow up to 16 in (41 cm) long and about 4+1⁄2 lb (2.0 kg). While their color can vary from population to population, they typically have a very distinctive coloring, with deep blue and purple on the face and gill cover, dark olive-colored…

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

## Photo

![Bluegill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bluegill/medium.jpg)

Photo: G Key · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44977895

## Machine access

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