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Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Notes:

A tentative ID

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago
Longear Sunfish
(Lepomis megalotis)


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7 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Your right thanks

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Only breeding males have a red breast.

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Shouldn't the Redbreast have a redbreast.
http://www.tenkarabum.com/longear-sunfis...

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Jellis, longear sunfish have a white edge on the completely black "ear," and are heavily mottled all over. Definitely not a Longear.

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Yea I'm just not sure what other sunfish it would be. Very possible it's another hybrid, sunfish hybridize like crazy! Definitely mostly redbreast though

oLIVIaLOU11
oLIVIaLOU11 11 years ago

yeah I agree with you, I wish I had the tail in the picture to compare.

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

I'm 95% sure this is a redbreast sunfish, just a really pale one. Definitely not a warmouth, they have lines extending back from the mouth

oLIVIaLOU11
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oLIVIaLOU11

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Spotted on Apr 11, 2010
Submitted on Apr 11, 2013

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