Topic summary
Pumpkinseed
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 genusLepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the orderCentrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.