Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series
AS-497 |
Bluegill Lepomis Macrochirus
Illustration by Rick Hill
Kentuck Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources |
| Common name: |
Bluegill |
| Scientific name: |
Lepomis macrochirus |
| Production potential: |
Easy |
| Marketing potential: |
Potential: Moderate
Size: Three fish per pound
Market: Sport, Food |
| Temperature requirements: |
Growing: 55-80oF
Spawning: 75-80oF
Lethal: NA |
| Feed requirements: |
Protein: 40 percent for fry, and 32 percent
from fingerlings to adult
Fat: 8-10 percent. |
| Spawning requirements: |
Spring spawners, nest builders, 50,000 eggs/lb.
body weight. |
Most common
production systems: |
Ponds and cages |
http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/publicat/state/il-in/as-497.htm
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