Native fish comparisons

[Anthony Nolet]

When you look at fish on the internet some of the same species look pretty different from each other based on where they're from. What I'm getting at is that we should post pictures of our fish with our locations (mainly where the fish came from) and have others do the same so we can compare the fish.

 

[Anthony Nolet]

All of my fish are from Oregon, the South Umpqua River, except the bluegill and the yellow perch which I'll post pictures of later.

 

[Anthony Nolet]

My biggest Green Sunfish one of the 5 yellow perch I just got last week

 

[AMcCaleb]

[/URL][/IMG] Longear Sunfish I got out of Bon Pas Creek (Wabash River Drainage) Southern, IL

 

[id10t]

Not sure if due to hybridization or water conditions but various ponds around me show big differences in coloration of what appear to be the same species

 

[MN_Rebel]

Age, sex, mood, diet, environment (weedy, rocky and sandy) and water clarity will make an impact on the coloration of an individual.

 

[Duckman77]

Hopefully the video works. Here are my two bowfin. The brownish one was purchased from an online vendor in FL at 3". The greenish/yellowish one was wild caught in N. central IL.

Aside from coloration differences, the IL bowfin has a longer, snake-like head and larger paddle-like tail. The FL bowfin has a more blunt head and a more narrow tail.

Pardon the dirty tank..my filters had been off due to a power outage right before I took the video.

 

[Anthony Nolet]

How big are those awesome yellow perch??

 

[Duckman77]

8" maybe? They are pigs. I have to feed the tank until those two are full before anything else in the tank has a chance.

 

[Anthony Nolet]

They look good so did the pseed