Largemouth hybrid?

[Vicious_Fish]

Looks like a Green Sunfish to me.

 

[Camphilophus]

Yeah the green sunfish can reach more than 9 inch long, are they hatchery strain or just wild type green?

its a natural occuring pond.

 

[Gage]

Lepomis cyanellus, aka Green sunfish is what it looks like IMO.

 

[gangster]

THat is NOT a green sunfish. THat IS a bluegill. See all the bluelines around his gills and the yellow on the tips of his fins. THey have larger mouths than sunfish/perch and they get larger as well. We have those all over the lakes and ponds in CA.

 

[fivespeed302]

My best guess is that it is a regular green sunfish. The one you caught is probably older than the one in the picture. I'm willing to bet that there are some slight variations in colors/markings from region to region. Pretty fish, and good eating too!

 

[Jayson745]

I catch those all the time. Usually stick real close or under cover. They dont seem to get very big. I've always been told they were warmouths.

 

[MN_Rebel]

Pure green sunfish for sure.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

and the blue gill on it???
i have caught these

 

[skiptomyzoo]

warmouth is my guess, but im not great with natives.

 

[Noto]

THat is NOT a green sunfish. THat IS a bluegill. See all the bluelines around his gills and the yellow on the tips of his fins. THey have larger mouths than sunfish/perch and they get larger as well. We have those all over the lakes and ponds in CA.

You've got your species flipped. The blue facial markings and yellow/cream fin edges are typical green sunfish features not found in bluegill. Bluegill also have a smaller mouth and taller body than greens, and a long black opercular lobe (from which the common name comes). Both bluegill and green sunfish reach lengths greater than a foot, with bluegill being a little more massive at a given size.

I agree that the OP's fish is a typical green sunfish. They make good inhabitants in a large tank, kinda like a more active oscar.