What kind of sunfish is this?

[USMCtanker]

ya they all r pigs

 

[repair]

Looks to me like a pumpkinseed (Lepomis Gibbosus)

I saw a pic of a pumpkin seed and it was similer but I thought that the color was diff.

 

[repair]

Beautiful color on it.

Thanks!

I had never seen one of these and I asked if I could have one and they told me I could if I took all 6.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

What are you puting them in with?

 

[sandtiger]

It's a longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis, not a pumpkinseed. Very pretty fish, I am in the process of getting some. I cannot collect them myself here becuase they are a threatened species.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

I saw a pic of a pumpkin seed and it was similer but I thought that the color was diff.

I was reading a book on sunfish and the longear and pumpkinseed look almost identical.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

It's a longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis, not a pumpkinseed. Very pretty fish, I am in the process of getting some. I cannot collect them myself here becuase they are a threatened species.

Just in your state or in general?

 

[USMCtanker]

i think im right its a longear sunfish like i said in the begi check out this pic and the one he posted they are the same http://www.kansasfishes.com/Pages/longearsunfish.htm

 

[Recycling Works]

ive caught pumpkin seeds in the wild here, never got that kind of color on them though

 

[repair]

It's a longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis, not a pumpkinseed. Very pretty fish, I am in the process of getting some. I cannot collect them myself here becuase they are a threatened species.

You are right I just checked our geological survay and it shows that they are abundant in Indiana and I found this pic.