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Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Photo by oLIVIaLOU11
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Field Notes

Notes:

A tentative ID

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Redbreast sunfish

Species ID Suggestions

Longear Sunfish

(Lepomis megalotis)
Jellis
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Comments (7)
AshleyT
Only breeding males have a red breast.
Jellis
Shouldn't the Redbreast have a redbreast. http://www.tenkarabum.com/longear-sunfish-atenkley.html
AshleyT
Jellis, longear sunfish have a white edge on the completely black "ear," and are heavily mottled all over. Definitely not a Longear.
AshleyT
Yea I'm just not sure what other sunfish it would be. Very possible it's another hybrid, sunfish hybridize like crazy! Definitely mostly redbreast though
oLIVIaLOU11
yeah I agree with you, I wish I had the tail in the picture to compare.
AshleyT
I'm 95% sure this is a redbreast sunfish, just a really pale one. Definitely not a warmouth, they have lines extending back from the mouth

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Biodiversity of Texas
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State Parks, NWR, WMA's of Texas
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PublishedApril 11, 2013

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