Cook with Pumpkinseed sunfish
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About
The pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkys, sunfish, and sunny.
Aroma profile
Derived from flavor compounds · verified measured labels + GNN ensemble predictions
0×19
odorless×7
1×5
2×4
3×3
4×3
no aroma×2
meaty×2
Flavor compounds
37 compounds identified — FoodAtlas / FooDB verified
l-aspartic acidl-prolineargininecoppereicosapentaenoic acidl-leucinel-serinel-isoleucineriboflavinel-alaninepantothenic acidpyridoxineironl-tyrosinecalciuml-histidine
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
Source & License
Source
FooDB
License
CC-BY-NC
Source page
Imported
4/17/2026, 3:59:35 PM
Verification
Multi-layer verified