Please help ID these Ohio Panfish

[marxxx]

Hi guys,

These were found in private pond northeast ohio - near lake erie. They have a lot of lavender on their sides. They are a very nice looking fish. Looks like bluegill, which from what I hear are very aggressive.

Any help id'ing would be appreciated!

 

[MN_Rebel]

Looks like a bluegill to me...they are least aggressive sunfish out of whole family.

 

[klmt]

Young bluegills tend to have that purplish sheen to them like those. I agree that that's what they are.


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[Creek_stomper]

I agree that they're very likely macrochirus, but I don't agree that they're the least aggressive fish in the family. Orangespots and Dollars are fairly passive. Most of the larger species are touch and go on aggressive behavior, with blues, pumpkinseeds and greens being the most aggressive in my experience. Even then it often varies by individual and outside stimuli like temp and enclosure size.

Josh H

 

[WahooWillie]

Definitely bluegill.

Orangespots and Dollars are fairly passive. Most of the larger species are touch and go on aggressive behavior, with blues, pumpkinseeds and greens being the most aggressive in my experience. Even then it often varies by individual and outside stimuli like temp and enclosure size.

Dollars are super aggressive. I don't know where you heard that they were passive. For it's size, I'd say dollars are some of the nastiest sunfish I've kept (I've kept redbreast, longears, greens, bluegill, warmouth, and rockbass). Although, orangespotteds are relatively passive and so are bantams.

 

[MN_Rebel]

I owned most sunfish species but bluegill is LEAST aggressive out of all sunfish species. Longear, redbreast, warmouth, green and dollars were super aggressive...can make a bluegill looks passive easily

 

[Gill Blue]

bluegill.

and currently having a bluegill and redear tank, I'd say those two are equally aggressive. it all depends on where they are in the hierarchy.