Flier | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Centrarchidae |
Subfamily: | Centrarchinae |
Genus: | Centrarchus Cuvier, 1829[2] |
Species: | C. macropterus
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Binomial name | |
Centrarchus macropterus (Lacépède, 1801)
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Synonyms[3] | |
Labrus macropterus Lacépède, 1801 |
The flier (Centrarchus macropterus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a sunfish from the family Centrarchidae which is endemic to the southern United States of America. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Centrarchus. A Second World War United States Navy submarine was named the USS Flier after this fish.