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Male (top) and Female (bottom) redear sunfish

A photo showing a male and female redear sunfish. These fish were bedding at the time of capture. They were subsequently released.

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Comment by Bruce Condello on December 5, 2011 at 8:43pm
Larger and redder! :-)
Comment by Jeff Soto on December 5, 2011 at 7:53pm

So the male REs DO have larger gill "ears" than the females!  Just like Bluegills.  Cool.  Thanks for the great shot!

Comment by Bruce Condello on June 27, 2011 at 8:40pm
No doubt, they would be awesome in an aquarium.
Comment by LedHed on June 23, 2011 at 9:17am

Reel beauties...

 

Congrats on the fish & release

Comment by Xeev Xwm Vang on June 22, 2011 at 2:30pm
awesome!  Would love a pair of these in a tank.

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