| lepomis | (n) bream, Syn. genus Lepomis |
| bluegill | (n) important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States, Syn. Lepomis macrochirus |
| pumpkinseed | (n) small brilliantly colored North American sunfish, Syn. Lepomis gibbosus |
| spotted sunfish | (n) inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish, Syn. Lepomis punctatus, stumpknocker |
| Lepomis | n. A genus of freshwater sunfishes, inclding some of the breams. |