This came in a "feeder" shipment, ID please
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What's the "clarification." The pic on that page says "bluegill" and the picture is of a bluegill. It also lists green sunfish as a separate fish on the page...famous323;2799732; said:
This why I prefer scientific names-They aren't regional
famous323;2799697; said:
I've also been fishing here all of my life and am from cali. Thats a green. Bluegill are more dish-shaped in their bodies and lack the blue spotting/lines on their face. Bluegill and greens are also able to cross breed in the wild to make hybrids. They look similar as juveniles and school together, but I can tell the difference right when i have them on my line.
Greens have more of a bass-like body and their mouths are HUGE. bluegills have baby mouths.
Crappies are totally different. different colors (white/black) and different fin shapes, and different body build. Completely different mouth too.
it appears youre the one who needs clarification. that doesnt look remotely similar to the fish in the picture he postedfamous323;2799732; said:
famous323;2799732; said:
The fish in your example is a Bluegill. There are people everywhere who call any Sunfish a Bluegill, but that does not mean that they are right.
When someone asks for an ID on a fish if you don't know don't argue the point. Its a Green Sunfish.
Bluegill and Sunfish are very similar in appearance (more so when juveniles) but not synonymous. That fish is a Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) and not a Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).
