the fish youve shown me is missing the black dot, and dosnt have blue paterns under its eyesandtiger;2666358; said:
Fish ID?
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Wow 
This is kinda interesting. Just a little added info on the fish in question. Those pictures do NOTHING for the actual color of the fish under different light. When they were in the bag under normal light, they were way brighter and had much more purple color to their cheeks. Under that lighting in the tank, they look bland.
This is kinda interesting. Just a little added info on the fish in question. Those pictures do NOTHING for the actual color of the fish under different light. When they were in the bag under normal light, they were way brighter and had much more purple color to their cheeks. Under that lighting in the tank, they look bland.
MultispeciesTamer;2666396; said:
If you look at the pictures, they do have the black dot, it is just not as bright yet...
It has be interesting...and informative 
I don't have any new pics, but they have not changed much. It hasn't even been a week. I will see if I have time tomorrow to get a few more, but we have "high-ups" coming to the store and I will be spending much of my time cleaning tanks and such.
teleost;2666200; said:
I agree with you there.
COLOR is NOT a good indicator of species. How many of you would identify tropical fish strictly by color? There's so many color morphs of certain species that it wouldn't even make sense. Native fish don't miraculously follow a different rule.
Depending on region and genetics, time of year, stress level, etc., color can vary pretty drastically. Every green sunfish I've had has been able to change drastically just depending on mood. A very stressed out fish can be nearly white and a very aggressive and dominant fish can be nearly black. The same goes for many other native fish.
As far as juvie vs adult.
These are both my fish. Both are green sunfish.
One is a juvenile one is an adult. In fact, they're the SAME exact fish. Do you see why you can't necessarily identify a juvenile based on adult pattern?
yup that pic is how a juvi is supposed to look notice pattern and color under eye and it has a black dotShadowBass;2666538; said:I agree with you there.
COLOR is NOT a good indicator of species. How many of you would identify tropical fish strictly by color? There's so many color morphs of certain species that it wouldn't even make sense. Native fish don't miraculously follow a different rule.
Depending on region and genetics, time of year, stress level, etc., color can vary pretty drastically. Every green sunfish I've had has been able to change drastically just depending on mood. A very stressed out fish can be nearly white and a very aggressive and dominant fish can be nearly black. The same goes for many other native fish.
As far as juvie vs adult.
These are both my fish. Both are green sunfish.
One is a juvenile one is an adult. In fact, they're the SAME exact fish. Do you see why you can't necessarily identify a juvenile based on adult pattern?
