pumpkinseeds in English
noun
1
a small, edible, brightly colored freshwater fish of the sunfish family, native to North America. It is popular in aquariums and has been introduced into many European waters.
Panfish comprise the black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, pumpkinseed , rock bass, white crappie, and yellow perch.
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1. Bluegills are small, sporty members of the panfish family which also includes yellow perch, black crappie, and pumpkinseeds
2. “Sunfish (Bluegills and pumpkinseeds) can be found around all types of structure, including weeds, rocks, brush, docks, and overhanging branches
3. The most abundant fish caught in the marsh in recent years have been cyprinids (common carp and hybrids), centrarchids (pumpkinseeds), and clupeids (gizzard shad and alewife), whereas the piscivores such as pike and bass have been exceedingly rare (Kay 1949; Chow-Fraser et al.