Re: RE: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID

Bob Bock (bockhouse1-in-verizon.net)
Fri, 26 May 2006 08:46:41 -0500 (CDT)

That's an incredibly nice fish. I wish the ones here had the red underside.

>From: Benjamin Keck <fishcentre99-in-hotmail.com>
>Date: Fri May 26 08:36:24 CDT 2006
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID

>I'd agree that it's a longear, Lepomis megalotis. The L. auritus record
>listed in Ross' book is based on a misidentification and was actually a lot
>of L. megalotis, redetermined Keck & Etnier 2003. The main candidates for
>your fish are L. marginatus, dollar sunfish, and L. megalotis, longear
>sunfish. Adults are fairly easy to differentiate based on: 1. opercular
>flap, the ear -- in the dollar there is silver flecking that extends all the
>way into the ear, in the longear it fades out near the origin/front of the
>ear like in your specimen. 2. point of maximum body depth -- when you look
>at the dollar the point-in-which it is deepest will be before the origin of
>the dorsal fin, so the fish looks kind of front heavy, while in the longear
>the deepest point is under the dorsal fin, so the fish looks more evenly
>distributed or oblong. It's hard to tell from the picture, but it appears
>that both characters point to a longear. And they are a very cool fish.
>
>Have a good day,
>
>Ben Keck
>
>upper TN
>
>
>>From: "Harry Thames" <thames_h-in-msn.com>
>>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>>Subject: NANFA-L-- sunfish ID
>>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:42:32 -0500
>>
>>I caught this Sunday on the Escatawba river in south Mississippi. This was
>>1 of the 3 males that I caught, I caught approximately 16 or so along a 100
>>ft sand bar. Most were 2.5" - 3". I have kept a few of these in years
>>past, I had thought that these fish were Longear sunfish but some people
>>have told me that they think it is a hybrid, specificly a longear -
>>redbreast combo . I have caught hybrids before (green and red-ear cross,
>>ect.ect.) but I have never caught a whole bunch of them and never for
>>several years, (although I do catch them in the exact same place)
>>
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>>I will be setting up a 125 gal native tank-in-my place of business and I
>>will stock the tank with 4-5 of these and a large school of sail-fin
>>shiners. I would like to have the fish properly Identified so I can print
>>up a booklet for children in the waiting room, a sudo-educational thing
>>(better and cheaper than cable in the long run)
>>
>>
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>here is a link to where I have hosted the pict on the web
>>
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>>http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c162/hmt321/sunnie.jpg
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>>it is also on as an attachment
>>
>>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of
>>image001.jpg]
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