I know it’s got blue gill in it….
August 16, 2012 at 10:30 pm
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August 16, 2012 at 10:39 pm #674589
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No bluegill there, that is a female green sunfish
looks pink to me
August 16, 2012 at 10:52 pm #1092712
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No bluegill there, that is a female green sunfish
looks pink to me
Thats how you tell the males from females.. males are blue, females are pink
August 16, 2012 at 11:13 pm #1075187Quote:
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No bluegill there, that is a female green sunfish
looks pink to me
Thats how you tell the males from females.. males are blue, females are pink
Thanks
August 16, 2012 at 11:15 pm #1092719Quote:
Thats how you tell the males from females.. males are blue, females are pink
Anyone remember the picture of BK in pink boxers?
August 16, 2012 at 11:46 pm #1092733I try to forget that image. Thanks for bringing that back up.
August 17, 2012 at 1:52 am #1092767I knew BK had something to do with this. Darn thing looked like a striper and had a mouth like a bass.
August 17, 2012 at 4:40 am #1092815Sorry to take this question seriously, guys, but im extremely curious about it…
There’s no reference anywhere to sexual dimorphism(males and females look different lol) in sunfish. In fact it’s specifically mentioned as being minimal in the green sunfish.
That’s either a hybrid of some very unusual sort or a “hypomelanistic” green sunfish… meaning that it has reduced melanin and is therefore much lighter than normal. It’s not albino, because the eyes look normal.
If the fins were standing up so the shape could be seen and the rays could be counted it,would be much easier to accurately id.
Where did you catch this thing?
August 17, 2012 at 6:10 am #1092822Quote:
Sorry to take this question seriously, guys, but im extremely curious about it…
Just very faded Green sunfish. Fish change the amount of color on them all the time depending on the lake and also the cover they are holding on. Sometimes they are just washed out like this one. Not that unusual but the mouth on this fish seems to be pure green.
August 17, 2012 at 11:29 am #1092840Definitely a greenie, but it looks like a touch of redear in it.
August 17, 2012 at 11:37 am #1092842Quote:
Where did you catch this thing?
In the bullhead pond, kind of by Chemolite…..
August 17, 2012 at 12:44 pm #1092865That is a hybrid sunfish. Part green sunfish, part blue gill. This is getting very common now. Sometimes the hybrid as some pumkin seed in it too.
August 17, 2012 at 1:26 pm #1092883That is not a hybrid (wrong shape and pigmentation) and not any special variation… it is just a pure young green sunfish. Probably caught out of clear water up shallow, right? Green sunfish are probably the one fish that changes colors the most depending on where they are caught. I’ve caught them with no color to ones with every color in the rainbow. Generally the males are a darker color (almost black in the water) and have vibrant colors (blues, purples, oranges, whites), where as the females are sort of pale and lacking a lot of color.
That is just a young, probably female, green sunfish.
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