Pumpkinseed: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pumpkinseed lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lepomis gibbosus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Centrarchiformes
Family	Centrarchidae

Where does the pumpkinseed live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pumpkinseed in 11 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Ukraine, United States it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

France
United States (introduced)
Belgium (introduced)
Switzerland (introduced)
Italy (introduced)
Netherlands (introduced)
Germany (introduced)
Canada (introduced)
Portugal (introduced)
Ukraine (introduced)
Spain (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the pumpkinseed endangered?

The pumpkinseed’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pumpkinseed?

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Centrarchiformes and the family Centrarchidae, genus Lepomis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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 genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) in the order Centrarchiformes. It is endemic to eastern North America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pumpkinseed (revision 1354729518), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q826713 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).