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Sunfish?

Started by Guest_njJohn_* , Jul 11 2010 04:02 PM

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#1 Guest_njJohn_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 04:02 PM

$28, labled as a cichlid/hybrid.

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#2 Guest_donkeyman876_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 04:20 PM

Female Redbreast sunfish is my guess.

Edited by donkeyman876, 11 July 2010 - 04:31 PM.

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#3 Guest_UncleWillie_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 05:28 PM

Looks to be a Longear sunfish. The redbreast will not have a white margin around the 'earflap'. Dollar sunfish will also have this feature, but from the photo it is a bit hard to tell if there are any markings on the black portion of the earflap. So I will stick with Longear.

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#4 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 06:16 PM

Looks to be a Longear sunfish. The redbreast will not have a white margin around the 'earflap'. Dollar sunfish will also have this feature, but from the photo it is a bit hard to tell if there are any markings on the black portion of the earflap. So I will stick with Longear.

certainly not worth 28 dollars

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#5 Guest_njJohn_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 06:40 PM

I'm not holding anything against the fish store. I go out of my way to shop there, cuz its an awsome place.

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#6 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 07:14 PM

Yeah, in all likelihood it's a longear.

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#7 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:35 PM

I'm not holding anything against the fish store. I go out of my way to shop there, cuz its an awsome place.

If they seriously do not know what a sunfish looks like then I would attempt to educate them about natives - they sorely need a mentor.

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#8 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:50 PM

they may be breaking the law by selling that fish

I would tell them what they have, most likely they don't know

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#9 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:55 PM

I would tell them what they have, most likely they don't know

CLEARLY don't know. Otherwise they would be blatantly lying about what the fish is. Alternative scenario: They do know what it is, and they know it's illegal, so they are calling it a Cichlid and selling it for a ridiculous price so that they have plausible deniability.

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#10 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:58 PM

CLEARLY don't know. Otherwise they would be blatantly lying about what the fish is. Alternative scenario: They do know what it is, and they know it's illegal, so they are calling it a Cichlid and selling it for a ridiculous price so that they have plausible deniability.

i asked about this in my pet store rant about them selling darters and killis as feeders and people said its ok.....why is ok for people on aquabid or even here to sell natives but not a pet store?

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#11 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:06 PM

i asked about this in my pet store rant about them selling darters and killis as feeders and people said its ok.....why is ok for people on aquabid or even here to sell natives but not a pet store?

I don't know if it's legal in MA or not, I'm just speculating. I will let the folks who sell on aquabid and the NANFA forum speak for themselves - I would think they have done their homework but one of course cannot assume this...

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#12 Guest_Uland_*

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 10:16 PM

i asked about this in my pet store rant about them selling darters and killis as feeders and people said its ok.....why is ok for people on aquabid or even here to sell natives but not a pet store?

In most cases it's about being properly permitted.
Oddly, many states require no special permits to sell "tropical" or pet trade fish but you must have the appropriate permits to sell fishes native to the US or even more local geographic range.