Bluegill
Amazing fact
Bluegills move to shallow water to spend the night.
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Bluegills move to shallow water to spend the night.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Bluegill
- Scientific name
- Lepomis macrochirus
- Japanese name
- ブルーギル
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Centrarchidae
- Genus
- Lepomis
Where the name “Bluegill” comes from
The English name comes from the blue and purple on its cheek and gill cover.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebHow the Bluegill lives
They are most active at dawn. They eat snails and aquatic insects among other prey with their small mouths. During the day they stay hidden under cover.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Central and southern North America
Where the Bluegill has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ブルーギル
- 简体中文
- 蓝鳃太阳鱼
- 繁體中文
- 藍鰓太陽魚
- 한국어
- 블루길
- Español
- Mojarra oreja azul
- Français
- Crapet arlequin
- Deutsch
- Blauer Sonnenbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Guelra-azul
- Italiano
- Bluegill
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Ikan insang biru
- Русский
- Синежаберный солнечник
- Türkçe
- Mavi solungaç
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ブルーギルChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Lepomis macrochirusChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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