Fish, sunfish family
Pumpkinseed
- Maximum length
- 40cm
- Maximum weight
- 0.6kg
- Best water temperature
- 15–28 °C
- Water today (3.5 °C)
- Out of range
- Fishing districts near where it occurs
- 62
About the species Pumpkinseed
How to recognise it
A colourful, round fish with an orange belly and a dark spot with a red edge on the gill cover.
Where it lives
Warm overgrown waters, oxbows and reservoirs. Originates from North America.
What it feeds on
Insects, small animals and the eggs of other fish.
Spawning
In summer. The male guards the nest in the shallows.
Invasive species. Never release it into other waters.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Out of rangeTypical water on the Slovakia is 3.5 °C today. That is outside the range the species tolerates (5 to 32 °C). Fish are less active or move to water with a more suitable temperature.
- tolerates 5 to 32 °C
- best 15 to 28 °C
- spawning at 17 to 25 °C
- typical water today 3.5 °C
- Length
- up to 40 cm
- Weight
- up to 0.6 kg
- Oxygen
- Tolerates low oxygen
- Position in the food chain
- 3.3omnivore and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
- Čierna voda č. 1
- Dudváh č. 1
- Chorvátsky kanál
- Štrkovisko U horára
- OR Melečka č. 1
- OR Melečka č. 2
- Dunaj č. 3
- Štrkovisko Zrkadlový Háj
- Dunaj č. 3 – zdrž VD (Hrušov – Čunovo)
- Dunaj č. 4
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Malý Zemník
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Veľký Zemník
- Štrkovisko Kalinkovo
- Štrkovisko Rohlík
- Štrkovisko Rovinka Za Hrádzu
- Štrkovisko Rusovce
- VN Železná studnička č. 2
- VN Železná studnička č. 3
- BVN Stará Tehelňa
- Malý Dunaj č. 6
- Dunaj č. 3 – prívodný kanál VD
- Štrkovisko Kuchajda
- Štrkovisko Malé Čunovo
- Štrkovisko Štrkovec
- Štrkovisko Veľké Čunovo
- MR Kochanová
- Štrkovisko Drahovce č. 1
- Štrkovisko Drahovce č. 1a
- Štrkovisko Horná Streda č. 4
- Štrkovisko Klčoviny
- Štrkovisko Kňazová
- Štrkovisko Koplotovce
- Štrkovisko Leopoldov
- Štrkovisko Madunice
- Štrkovisko Madunice č.1
- Štrkovisko Peter
62 fishing districts in total, 36 shown. Show on map
Catches of Pumpkinseed
Approved catches by anglers on this portal.
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Photo credits
- Pumpkinseed: Photo: Raver, Duane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- European perch: Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.