What species is this?

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Jack Dempsey
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My ex girlfriend caught this guy in a stream by my house over the summer and insisted we keep him. What is he? Its hard taking pics. He seems to always wanna look straight at me.



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Green Sunfish and a nice one!
 
They may get up to 10-12" if well take care of. As for the sexing I have no idea since both male and female looks same to me.
 
Oh wow. Didnt know he would get that big. I may have to move him to my 75. Are they aggressive to other fish? Right now hes with a pair of galaxy plecos and leaves them alone but will he harrass my geophagus if i put him in with them?


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The males usually have more color on their gill plates, and develop a hump on their head as they reach maturity. I'm not quite sure what sex this fish is, but my guess is that it's a female, because of the small amounts of blue streaks on the gill plate.


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They are very aggressive, but a very beautiful fish.
 
He'll need a territory to claim. They're more aggressive with other green sunfishes than anything else, but either way he'll need a spot to call his own or he'll get to be a big bully. IMO
 
Super aggressive fish. Honestly one of the most aggressive fish I have ever kept and most beautiful. If you can get them with the orange on their fins they are amazing
 
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