Is this fish a long ear, red breast, or dollar sunfish?

[le patron]

i agree sandtiger, longear...those black and white id threads really come in handy

 

[solomon415]

Damn that is a beautiful fish man. It looks like a cichlid.

 

[ymolina]

thats a regular bluegill we got them in our pond. some have more color than others. an its a female to. the orange breast says it. when ther like that ther usually breeding. an she should have a stomach full of eggs.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

thats a regular bluegill we got them in our pond. some have more color than others. an its a female to. the orange breast says it. when ther like that ther usually breeding. an she should have a stomach full of eggs.

I think you need to read some north american fish ID books

 

[WattaMelon]

If this fish is a Longear, it is a potential state record. The MS state record is 0.14lb. This one weighed 3oz on my digital scales which would be 0.1875lbs. I was considering putting the fish in my pond, but it jumped out of the bucket with the top on it but just not latched.

Congrats on your possible record! Lovely longear too.

 

[ymolina]

MultispeciesTamer then wat is it?????

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

MultispeciesTamer then wat is it?????

Like already said, it is a longear sunfish.

 

[Foxbrosracing]

That is a longear. Michigan ain't even got a record for longears

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

That is a longear. Michigan ain't even got a record for longears

looks like you got quite the stock list I would love to see some Pictures

 

[kzimmerman]

It could also be a hybrid. i would say looking at it that it is a possible hybrid of a longear x orangespotted. Just a guess though. One of the things about centrarchids is their extreme variability from local to local. The pumpkinseeds i catch on the pocomoke look much different from the farm pond ones.
That is clearly no bluegill though, although in some locales any member of the lepomis family is known as a bluegill.