Thread: Please identify these fish.

1. Bluegill Sunfish x Green Sunfish hybrid
2. Green Sunfish
3. Bluegill Sunfish
4. Green Sunfish
5. Green Sunfish
6. Longear Sunfish

Many of the sunfish in the lepomis genus have many characteristics that are very similar to other species within the genus. The red tip on the operlecular flap is a characteristic that is actually common to about a handful of sunfish. Take a look at this video I made that goes over all the sunfish species in the lepomis genus. There's a couple things in each species that makes it stick out from the others.

I had actually watched that video (searched youtube) already. That's kinda what piqued my curiousity. The specks on #5 made me think it might be a spotted sunfish (which I hadn't even heard of until your video).

So, can you tell me which sunfish have the "largemouth" (sorta crappie style) vs the small mouth (like the actual bluegill)? If you have any photos showing the teeth, I'd love to see them.

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

I had actually watched that video (searched youtube) already. That's kinda what piqued my curiousity. The specks on #5 made me think it might be a spotted sunfish (which I hadn't even heard of until your video).

So, can you tell me which sunfish have the "largemouth" (sorta crappie style) vs the small mouth (like the actual bluegill)? If you have any photos showing the teeth, I'd love to see them.

I don't have any pictures of their teeth. Green sunfish and warmouth are the two that are known to have bigger mouths than the rest. I also don't think you'll catch any spotted sunfish in your area. That's outside of their native range. Heres a spotted I caught over the weekend as well as a warmouth.

Did that warmouth come from the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

Did that warmouth come from the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Lol all the warmouths I've caught in that canal are super dark.