Taxonomy details for Longear Sunfish Complex (Complex Lepomis megalotis)

Relationship: Deviation

iNaturalist Australia Catalog of Fishes
Complex Lepomis megalotis (parent: Genus Lepomis) Not external

I think complexes are considered a deviation from CoF, but the source is: Kim, Daemin, Bruce H. Bauer, and Thomas J. Near. "Introgression and species delimitation in the longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Centrarchidae)." Systematic Biology 71.2 (2022): 273-285.

Made to address https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/655133. This complex was added so that IDs could be made for the undescribed forms. Having this as an option allows these to be identified beyond Lepomis, where they are not particularly findable, and to ensure that distribution maps of L. megalotis do not conflict with other resources. Additionally there many locations where introgression occurs therefore its unclear which species is present.

Downstream flagged taxa: 1
Flagged Taxon
Lepomis aquilensis
Created by operculum_ben on May 20, 2024