Can anyone identify this sunfish?

[Native Breeder]

i came across a picture of this fish on a local fishing forum and can't identify it. I have heard this Site a good source of information and wanted to know if anyone knows what kind of sunfish this is and where i could get one. Anyone have any ideas, i was thinking a possible hybrid?

 

[jag123]

I want to say
Pumpkinseed Sunfish

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[Native Breeder]

Its forsure not a pumpkinseed as i have caught many of those and this fish seens to be the wrong shape

 

[davdev]

Green/Pumpkinseed hybrid?

 

[Native Breeder]

thats a posibitty, but i would think that would be shaped like a bluegill/green hybrid... this is shaped more like a green, warmouth or longear. maybe its a variation of one of those. I know warmouth are found in a few places in ca so i guess thats possible, but i have never heard of longears in ca tho

 

[Gearhead]

Its a hybrid for sure, as to what kind... I would say green/pumpkin as it has the colors of a pumpkin with the yellow fin edges and head of a green.

 

[Noto]

The head and body shape and facial pattern are very warmouth-like; I'd guess that's a component.

 

[jag123]

Its forsure not a pumpkinseed as i have caught many of those and this fish seens to be the wrong shape

The body shape certainly made me hesitate in labeling it - but worth a shot.

Hybrid seems to be the most likely explanation.

 

[Rays of Sunshine]

I am going to say this is a green sunfish. My green looked exactly the same,with intense colors when I caught him. I thought I had a pumpkinseed too. Look at the mouth size too.

Here are some other pics of slightly larger green sunfish:



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[Noto]

The body is too deep, the dorsal too high, and the pectoral too long and pointed to be pure green, though there certainly could be some green in there.