so how species are there?

hey guys cant wait to get goin on these gills. went lookin for some crappies today and done pretty well. anyway kept feeling something hit my jig but couldnt catch them so i downsized and and started cathing gils, crappie and stripes all in the same place. i bet i caught 40 fish in an hour at this spot(most were small) but i did catch several decent gills but what i was wondering is how many different kinds are there? i caught some that were gray/purple and some yellow/pink/red and some that were just different. how many are there? what are they called?

there are many species of panfish in different areas , here's a few links you can check out to list a few not necessarily in your area.

http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/C...rarchidae.html
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/anglerbo...unfishtree.pdf

Here's a link to Alabama's sunfish : http://www.outdooralabama.com/Fishin...er/fish/bream/

And here's a link to the record fish of Alabama (where you will see some of these sunfish species) : http://landbigfish.com/staterecords/...?state=Alabama

Now, git out there and break one of those records !! .... luck2ya ... cp :cool:

Twelve + Hybrids = Lepomis

1. L. auritus - redbreast sunfish
2. L. cyanellus - green sunfish
3. L. gibbosus - pumpkinseed
4. L. gulosus - warmouth
5. L. humilis - orangespotted sunfish
6. L. macrochirus - bluegill
7. L. marginatus - dollar sunfish
8. L. megalotis - longear sunfish
9. L. microlophus - redear sunfish
10. L. miniatus - redspotted sunfish
11. L. punctatus - spotted sunfish
12. L. symmetricus - bantam sunfish