Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Fish ID Please: Bluegill? Perch?

I (meaning my daughter) FINALLY got to fish the 50+ year old 1/8 acre pond on the property we recently purchased. I have definitely seen a few decent sized LMB in there (probably 18-20"). We only had a few minutes as I had to get a new gate installed, but she caught these two species. The pics were taken from the video my wife shot, so hopefully good enough for an ID. I am horrible at identifying anything beyond perch or bluegill, so can anyone offer some input. Thanks!

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Those are both Bluegill, top one is a male, bottom one is a female.

These are Perch. (specifically Yellow Perch)

BG sunfish and perch are all a few loosely used names for "panfish". BG is proper for what you have above. There are many species in this family that have similar traits/shapes (Lepomis=genus, Centrarchidae=family), Redear sunfish, Pumpkinseed, orange spotted, Green, longear are a few of the others.. some are known by many names but the BG is likely the most abundant of which there are 2 variations, Northern BG and Coppernose BG. Northern BG survive about anywhere in North america where the coppernose is a southern, or "warmer water" species, but not addressed as a sub specie.

As a Texan, I approve this message, haha!

The Sunfish family (aka Centrarchid) includes LMB , SMB , Crappie and BG, RES , GSF etc.