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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| 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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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.
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Centrarchus macropterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202434A2744948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202434A2744948.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Centrarchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Centrarchus macropterus month+december". FishBase.