Sunfish id from central Florida

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Jack Dempsey
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Oct 24, 2009
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Went dip netting tonight and caught a few of these little guys, not exactly sure what they are, leaning towards dollar sunfish but any insight will help me narrow it down. Also got a baby blue spotted which I will try to acclimate to a low brackish and let live with my f8 puffer, any other tank will be too rough. I know the pics arent great, he was really bright blue in the water but paled out on the stressful trip home I assume. I know the tiny guy is a blue spotted just figured id add the pic.sunfish 007.JPGsunfish 001.JPGsunfish 004.JPG

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IMO bluespotted sunfish shouldn't be keep with any aggressive fish. As for these two other sunfish pictures, they appeared to be dollars sunfish.
 
Ok, so after doing some research it seems they are dollar sunfish. Since the largest one I found was about 3-4 inches and with their colors coming up they look much better.
 
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