id needed on these please

[huddles]

Hiya,

these guys I got free from a fishroom that was closing down range between 2" and 4 "

they have shiny blue colouring, as well as a single spot.

The guy said they sometimes come in the fish tank with the goldfish.

They beautiful, and I have them in a 25 gallon now.

cheers

[huddles]

pic2

[huddles]

pic3

[Sipesh]

These came in with the goldfish? When I worked at a pet store way back when, we used to get juvenile bluegills/crappies in with the feeders occasionally... they looked a lot like what you've got there, but it's been 15 years...
But with the dorsal fin the shape it is, and that single spot on near the gills, bluegills or sunfish immediately came to mind. I'm hoping that someone far wiser than I can either confirm or deny this, though :)

[Jason_S]

I'd agree with some type of sunfish. I had a bluegill for a while and the body shape is exactly the same. :)

[punkypuffer]

looks just like my green sunfish i got with some feeders a few months ago

[huddles]

They ate all of the rasboras!!!


anyone lookig for these in Toronto area. free. They will meet the toilet bowl, otherwise, as we cannot rlease them here. They are not native.

[Rex Karr]

I'm pretty sure that they are Warmouth Sunfish and not Green Sunfish. We have many different species native to my area and I have kept most of them.

Thats kind of an uncommon sunfish, and a real attractive one when they are grown. Visit www.predatoryfish.net, register and advertise in the classifieds. You should be able to give them away to someone on there. Or take them to another fish store.

Bottomline, thats a cool fish and you shouldn't kill them just because you may and uninformed purchase.

[huddles]

Rexx,

I have looked at the warmouth, and think this more closely resembles the Green, but either way...

I did not purchase this fish, but rescued it from a large pond container that had a tonne of goldfish, crayfish, tadpoles, and these fish.

The fish shop was closing and the owner was simply letting the fish starve to death instead of moving them to the new location.

I have them in a 25 gallon, and have posted locally for anyone wanting them, but I have to be careful, as they are not native, and have to ensure someone does not dump into the local pond.

Thanks for your wisdom, howver.

[Off Da FiZziL 4 ShiZziL]

Those are definatly bluegill or green sunfish. We get them all the time at my workplace "Bi Al's." They come in with the feeders quite frequently.

[Twitch]

one lookes like a gt.

[AirQuad19]

Not Warmouth for sure.The first pic kinda looks like a jewel cichlid.But after looking at other pics.Looks more like some type of Blue Gill or Sunfish to me also.

[seveland]

sunfish are in the genus Lepomis. if you google "Lepomis" you can probably match it up to an image and figure out exactly which species it is, but it's definately a Lepomis.

[Rex Karr]

:rofl: You guys can call them Bluegill, Green Sunfish or Green Terrors all you want, but this is a common native species that I see often. There's really no mystery here.

[highplainsdrifter]

Hmm... Well, I've got to say Lepomis cyanellus, no doubt. I've kept that species many times. Effective predators they are! I have seen them in goldfish tanks before.

[Clay]

They're blue gills, I have one.