Caught in the Withlacoochee River in Sumter County, Florida
Other Sunfish caught in this location include Bluegill and Spotted Sunfish.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
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Posted 01 June 2013 - 08:53 PM
Hello - I can't really tell what kind of fish this is - seems to be a sunfish of some kind.
Caught in the Withlacoochee River in Sumter County, Florida
Other Sunfish caught in this location include Bluegill and Spotted Sunfish.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Caught in the Withlacoochee River in Sumter County, Florida
Other Sunfish caught in this location include Bluegill and Spotted Sunfish.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
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Posted 01 June 2013 - 09:23 PM
Enneacanthus gloriosus (I was wrong... see the below post, thanks Uncle)
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Posted 01 June 2013 - 10:18 PM
Dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus). The eastern dollar has that more blue tint than the western cousin. This fish has the three anal spines (not found in Enneacanthus)
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Posted 01 June 2013 - 10:34 PM
It was so little compared to his fingers, I kinda jumped to (the wrong) conclusions
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 02:09 PM
According to Fritz's SC Fishes book, Enneacanthus and Lepomis both have normally 3 anal spines. But that forked tail is a Lepomis characteristic; the Enneacanthus spp all have a convex tail margin. It sure is a remarkably bluespot-looking dollar; fooled me at first too.
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Posted 05 June 2013 - 06:50 PM
ditto Gerald. But look at that red eye and light margin on the opercular
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Posted 05 June 2013 - 08:00 PM
Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking (I don't even know how many spines Enneacanthus have, so I don't know why I said that), but I just knew it was a dollar. No more 'late night' posts for me.
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 10:59 AM
Will - maybe you were thinkin fliers and mud sun, which have more spines.
Fritz - the bluespotted and banded pics in your SC book have red eyes.
and BTW, i learned last summer collecting with subrosa and his Philly/Joisey gang that obesus in NJ can have red-orange in the anal fin like gloriosus, unlike the (few) Carolina obesus I've seen.
Fritz - the bluespotted and banded pics in your SC book have red eyes.
and BTW, i learned last summer collecting with subrosa and his Philly/Joisey gang that obesus in NJ can have red-orange in the anal fin like gloriosus, unlike the (few) Carolina obesus I've seen.
Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking (I don't even know how many spines Enneacanthus have, so I don't know why I said that), but I just knew it was a dollar. No more 'late night' posts for me.
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 03:00 PM
well, obviously I am getting more senile than I realized
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 04:01 PM
Aw, Fritz, I thought you were like a fine wine, or maybe more of a bourbon.
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 04:44 PM
Thats enough! You cannot call the president of the organization a baboon! And you cannot accuse him of having red eyes... tha man has a reputation to maintain.
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 05:00 PM
Okay cleaning my keyboard once again, and waiting for the burning in my nose to subside.
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