Originally Posted by RAH
For smalish (<1 acre) ponds in Indiana, do longear sunfish fill the same niche as pumpkinseed? Do longear grow as large as pumkinseed? Thanks in advance for your feedback.

To my knowledge, no. Longear Sunfish don't have pharyngeal teeth like Redear and Pumpkinseeds do. Longears get about half the maximum size of Pumpkinseed Sunfish.

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