What fish is this?

[Pyramid_Party]

Hello,


I collected these fish and at first I thought they were some kind of Sunfish. But I went fishing several days later and caught some adult sized Tilapia around the area these babies came from. So I started to think maybe they are baby Tilapia. But I really don't have an idea what they are.


These little guys range from 1/2 inch to 1 inch. There is a few big ones at 1.25 inch. Anyway here are some crappy pics, best I could get since they move around too much. Thanks

 

[Bderick67]

May have to just growout and see.

 

[WahooWillie]

Definitely not sunfish. You are right about being some sort of Tilapia. With so many introduced and used as food fish, you could have one of several, or a miz of Tilapia species.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Is this a Tilapia? Here's my friend holding one:

 

[FLESHY]

Hard to tell, it is a strange little thing though.

 

[snookman]

definitely tilapia...not sure the exact species though.

 

[HungDang]

they are tilapia!

 

[kdrun76]

I am not sure what they are, but that black dot on the dorsal is important. Presuming it stays for the lifetime and is not a juvie coloration, you should be able to use it as an identifying characteristic to help with ID.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Yeah the black dot on the dorsal I noticed. And on some of the bigger ones they have some black markings that I thought might help ID them. Maybe I will wait till they get just a little bigger.

 

[Umbra]

Tilapia for sure.