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is this a common sunny or blue gill?
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Bluegill, northern (common) strain.
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Your pond looks nice in the other thread.
I would have to guess bluegill also, but does the gill-tab tell us anything?
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Sunil, are you suggesting longear?
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No. I really don't know. It just struck me as odd looking.
I'm not a bluegill-hugger like some of you nuts here.
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I'm thinking BG x longear. None of the BG that I've caught here up to the Yooper border in Wi had "ears" that long.
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I get Bluegills sometimes on My Local Lake that have similar Ear Tab characteristics. - I fish quite a bit, and have pretty good knowledge of Fish ID - and I've never caught a Longear Sunfish in NY. I've read they are sometimes found here - more toward the Hudson, but I've yet to see one - Sorry if I only confused the issue - FH
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The eartab is unusual - didn't notice that the first time. Longear are mainly a stream/river fish so if it came from a pond it would be less likely to be one of those, though it's certainly not impossible. All other characteristics, i.e. body and face color, body shape, etc. are a common-strain bluegill's.
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Also, I'm proud to be a bluegill hugger. If I ever catch that two-pounder I may even pull a Bill Dance and smooch him.
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Bluegill, northern (common) strain. Ditto. IMHO the ear tab position is just a genetic anomaly. Kind of like some brook trout I once had with spots arranged in pairs.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Bluegill, northern (common) strain. Ditto. IMHO the ear tab position is just a genetic anomaly. Kind of like some brook trout I once had with spots arranged in pairs. To quote the actors who were passed off as Bartles and James, thanks for your support.
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Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 08/31/09 10:52 PM.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Get back here! I'll be the first to deny that it was me! (I'm too far down the food chain and want to keep it that way).
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Get back here! I'll be the first to deny that it was me! (I'm too far down the food chain and want to keep it that way). I think only a mod could have done it so you're innocent.
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I'm going with standard bluegill....but the eartab is messed up a little bit. I'd guess that it's nothing more than a morphological anomoly.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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"I'd guess that it's nothing more than a morphological anomoly."
Maybe something like your new avatar?
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Since we are guessing.
LES X BG
Not pure BG. Look at the fins. BG = Pectoral fin elongate and poined , LES = Pectoral fin rounded and Black opercular spot with a pale edge
Gill plate up turned in LES & RBS. Some color like a RBS hybrid also.
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In my opinion, there's nothing about the coloration of this fish to suggest anything other than pure bluegill.
I believe if there's some longear genetics contributing to the upsweep in the eartab, it's considerably less than 50%.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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What about the fins - does that = 33% more ?
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I'm going with standard bluegill....but the eartab is messed up a little bit. I'd guess that it's nothing more than a morphological anomoly. I think the family in Bruce's pic has some bluegill genes in it. Or at the least something down the chain somewhat from homo erectus.
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