Lepominae

Lepominae Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lepomis auritus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Family:	Centrarchidae
Subfamily:	Lepominae Gill, 1846 [1]

Lepominae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish, one of three subfamilies in the family Centrarchidae, the sunfishes.

Genera

The following two genera are classified as being in the subfamily Lepominae: ^{[2] [3]}

• Lepomis Rafinesque, 1816
• Micropterus Lacépède, 1802 (Black basses)

The oldest fossils of this group are Micropterus and Lepomis specimens from the Middle Miocene. However, as centrarchine fossils are known dating back to the Early Oligocene, they likely diverged from that group much earlier. ^[4]

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 444–446. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Centrarchidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. Cooke, S. J.; Philipp, D. P., eds. (2009-05-28). Centrarchid Fishes. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444316032. ISBN   978-1-4051-3342-5.