What kind of sunfish is this?

[Tim Overbaugh]

Can anyone tell me what kind of sunfish this is?

It was caught in Minnesota.

[Derrick Bustle]

Looks like a Pumkinseed.

[John Sheehan]

A green Sunfish I think .

[Walt Foreman]

It's a hybrid bluegill, a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish.

[Magnolia Rick]

hybird blue gill/sunfish got a pond full of them

[Tony Livingston]

That's a Hybrid bluegill. Nice one, too!!!

[Bruce Condello]

Definitely a hybrid bluegill.

Likely either a BG X GS, or a BG X PS

[John Sheehan]

How about GS X PS?

[Tom Beauchamp]

I noticed that the eye was red, can a bluegill get crossed with a rock bass?

[Richard Hauck]

Are y'all sure this isn't a regular red-ear, i.e. shellcracker? Somethin's been chewing on it, I see. Got bowfins?

[Brandon montgomery]

I think it is a redear

[Matthew J. Breuer]

Hey, that's my fish! Now I know where you were looking for answers, Tim. To respond to this for others to see, numerous biologists here in MN have said it's a GS x PS cross. They also stated that it's nearly impossible to tell the difference between hybrids when a green sunfish is involved. The fisheries boys would count this as a green sunfish or a hybrid and toss it back. They wouldn't classify it any further. One researcher asked for samples from the fish we've been catching, as pumpkins are rare in this waterway, and green sunfish even rarer. These fish are abundant however. I'm sticking with green x pumpkinseed until the Jerry Spring DNA test confirms it... ;)

[Eric Dermes]

i'm goin with this guy