Quote Originally Posted by Stingrayg4
Note the dark spot behind the gills, that's a dead giveaway that you're looking at a Sun Perch. Their mouths are a lot smaller than a crappie's mouth too. If you catch one one a rooster tail or anything else with treble on it, you almost always have to get out the needle nose pliers to get the treble hook loose.

Often they have an irredescent sheen or reddish tint on their bellies like this one:



To me they look more like pirranah than crappie.

-S
You can really see the difference in this picture. Still a new one on me.