Mojarra De Cuatro Cienegas
Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Teleostei
Order	Centrarchiformes
Family	Centrarchidae
Genus	Lepomis
Species	Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Stygoxene
Realm: Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky: Edmonson

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2019.

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

United States: NNR

Subnational ranks

Mississippi: SNR Unranked
Virginia: S4 Apparently Secure
Pennsylvania: S1 Critically Imperiled
Ohio: S5 Secure
Arkansas: SNR Unranked
Indiana: S5 Secure
Maryland: SNR Unranked
Missouri: SNR Unranked
Tennessee: SNR Unranked
Louisiana: S5 Secure
West Virginia: S5 Secure
Iowa: SNR Unranked
New Jersey: SNA Not Applicable
Illinois: S5 Secure
Kentucky: S4 Apparently Secure

Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Pearson, W.D. & Boston, C.H., Jr. 1995. Distribution and status of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program,, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 99 pp.

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.

How to cite this account

Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2571. https://cavebiology.org/species/lepomis-megalotis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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