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juvenile sunfish
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, Mar 14 2010 08:56 PM
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 08:56 PM
Juvenile sunfish caught in minnow trap in stream below dam of small lake. Alexandria, VA.
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 09:17 PM
im gonna say its a pumpkinseed sunfish, it looks similar to that of dsaavedras when his were young, and i think the red on the opercular helps. If its not a p-seed however, then i would think it would be a redear sunfish
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Posted 16 March 2010 - 12:27 PM
I'd also go with Pumpkinseed. I think I'm seeing some spotting on the rear part of the dorsal fin and I do not believe redears have that spotting.
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Posted 16 March 2010 - 12:45 PM
idk if this would help but i am noticing some irredecent bars behind the eyes extending to the gills
Edited by panfisherteen, 16 March 2010 - 12:46 PM.
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Posted 16 March 2010 - 01:33 PM
I am pretty sure that redears also have a mottled pigmentation on the rear of the soft dorsal as well. Although the fish is young, the more elongated look and yellowish belly and pelvic fins was hinting redear to me. But I think what will help (but is hard to see in the picture) is the length/size of the pectoral fins.
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Posted 16 March 2010 - 01:41 PM
Redear sunfish aren't readily found in that area while pumpkinseeds are. I would say it looks like a p'seed to me.
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