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Sunfish

Started by Guest_Feylan_* , Aug 28 2010 11:11 PM

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#1 Guest_Feylan_*

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Posted 28 August 2010 - 11:11 PM

I'm pretty sure these are both longear sunfish. Just want confirmation. These were both caught with a 4' Throw net in a stream exiting Lake Tawakoni near Wills Point Texas. Both fish were released.

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#2 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 11:15 AM

They appeared to be longears.

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#3 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 07:45 PM

how long were they?

from the pictures they appear to be stunted, or you have huge hands

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#4 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 09:40 PM

Harry, I was thinking the same thing. They seem awfully well developed for their size. Could they be dollars?

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#5 Guest_Feylan_*

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 10:17 PM

how long were they?

from the pictures they appear to be stunted, or you have huge hands

They were about 4.5"-5" long. The stream they came from is fairly small. I don't have tiny hands or anything, but I wouldn't say I have HUGE hands

I don't think we have Dollar Sunfish in the area, but I don't know for sure.

Edited by Feylan, 29 August 2010 - 10:18 PM.

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#6 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 10:46 AM

They are longears and look right for the longears found in your area. The longears of the Mississippi flood plain and to the west through Texas have that look to them. I have been breeding fish from LA that are very similar to those for the past two years. The really big dominant males often have large patches of solid red on their sides and the other rather unique feature of that "form" of longear is the scales tend to be outlined in blue giving them a cross hatched appearance. This is true on both males, females, and larger young. They are nice fish and do seem to mature at around 3-4 inches but can get about 6 or a little larger.

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#7 Guest_Feylan_*

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 10:45 PM

Thanks Brian. Am I right that the first picture is a female and the second a male?

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#8 Guest_centrarchid_*

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Posted 12 September 2010 - 09:09 AM

Second fish looks male. First fish may need to be squeezed for gametes to determine sex. Sex of the type of longear you have not so easy to tell from opercular tabs alone. Some females have large and some males have small with considerable overlap.