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caught this interesting colored sunfish the other day.
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Comment by Matthew J. Breuer on August 19, 2010 at 2:58am
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Definitely a pure pumpkin with a pigment issue. See a lot of them up this way in uber-clear MN waters, pumpkins and BG's alike, as well as pike, walleyes, and perch.
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Comment by Drop Shot on June 22, 2010 at 3:53pm
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Have you caught more like that from the same area? Could be a Pumpkinseed that has developed a colour different from pumps in most other areas. Longears exhibit such colour variations from different bodies of water, just never heard of that trait in pumpkinseeds before.
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Comment by Steve Brinkerhoff on June 15, 2010 at 6:27am
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Orange spotted sunfish are found in southern Minnesota, Alexandria is located in the central part of MN so I wouldn't rule the possibility out. It is definitely a hybrid of some sort and very beautiful one at that.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/sunfish/biology.html
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Comment by Michael Thompson on June 14, 2010 at 5:02pm
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Not likely, since alexandria MN is way outside the range of orangespots.
wish I got the fins, didn't think of it, it had normal colored fins, like a bluegill or pumpkinseed would have, mabye a little greyish but not blue.
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I am still thinking some sort of orange-spotted sunfish hybrid due to the lackluster red on the ear tab. The ear tab looks very similar to those on a BG x GSF cross. Maybe this an orange-spotted sunfish x green sunfish hybrid? I would sure like to see a whole picture of the fish that includes all of the fins.
Beautiful fish regardless.
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on June 12, 2010 at 3:45am
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He is a beautiful fish!!!! He might just be blue cause he just had his lip pierced!!
:-)
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Comment by Bruce Condello on June 11, 2010 at 3:32pm
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Interesting theory, Steve.
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Comment by Alex G. on June 11, 2010 at 3:22pm
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That is beautiful!
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Or maybe an orange spotted sunfish x pumkinseed cross?
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Looks like a straight pumpkinseed with a chromatophore issue.
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