I found pumpkinseed fish in the Shiawassee River (located in the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan) and was curious if anyone knows why they have red eyes? I have attached a picture of one of them. I'm thinking that they might have some sort of parasite/disease or maybe are hybrids. This was the end of August.
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Pumpkinseed with red eyes
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duckweed47
, Sep 17 2019 12:41 PM
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duckweed47
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Posted 17 September 2019 - 12:41 PM
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Fleendar the Magnificent
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Posted 17 September 2019 - 03:01 PM
My Northern Longear sunfish has red eyes. Think it's just a trait of the species.
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gerald
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Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:37 PM
Both pumpkinseed and northern longear can have red eyes, but its especially common in northern longear, which I think your fish is.
Gerald Pottern
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Fleendar the Magnificent
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Posted 17 September 2019 - 06:58 PM
My NLE has red eyes. Beautiful fish and very colorful.
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Matt DeLaVega
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Posted 17 September 2019 - 09:36 PM
Both pumpkinseed and northern longear can have red eyes, but its especially common in northern longear, which I think your fish is.
Gerald is right. It is a northern longear. Now just called northern sunfish. Lepomis peltastes. I agree the eyes are normal.
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