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Lepomis cyanellus
Along shallow water in medium size lake with decent water quality.
These fish like to come up and nibble when swimming.
Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Sep 8, 2013
2 Comments
Not an expert as I don't fish but there are three possibilities of sunfish species: bluegill, pumpkinseed, and green sunfish. Pumpkinseed has some orange with the side "ear" spot and bluegill has a dark spot at the back of the top fin. Also pumpkinseed and green sunfish has top fin more in two parts. Best I can tell Green Sunfish is best match. Next sunny day I'll have to go into the water and wiggle my toes and look closer to be 100 percent sure.
Same as Blue Gill?