Wow, Zep, these fish ID questions usually get quick responses, but 3 1/2 hours of silence can only mean the experts are completely stumped on this one. So I guess now the question falls to absolute non-experts like me
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I say it's a hybrid bluegill. I can also tell its a male and of relatively young age. He's kinda on the skinny side, so he's either a finicky eater, or possibly was the runt of his litter. The fact that his eye is a little large in comparison to his body size suggests he suffers from some kind of acute paranoia. I will go out on a limb and suggest the paranoia may be linked to the eating disorder.
But since there's information to go on, the source of his fears at this point is difficult to diagnose for sure. Possibly he's afraid of getting his butt kicked by a larger sibling whenever he attempts to feed, but like I say, I'm not sure on this one.
What we can be sure of, though, is now that he's been yanked and dragged outa the water by his lip (hopefully it was just his lip), his food-fear has probably become soewhat more complex and all I can say is I'm glad I'm not his psychiatrist!
