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Lepomis gibbosus
Characteristics: It is on top, like most sunfish, olive-green, but the rest of it is usually bright reddish-orange with almost neon coloured stripes on its cheeks. The spot on the gill cover usually has a red outline
Foods: aquatic insects, snails, small molluscs, and other small fish
Other names: sunperch, common perch, robin, sand perch, yellow belly, grass perch, round sunfish, common sunfish
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jjorge! a wee pumpkin darlin' like you can never be late with his good wishes
here's a little pumpkinseed as thanks :wink:
really - pumpkinseed! that's what we called 'em too!Quote:Lepomis gibbosus
Characteristics: It is on top, like most sunfish, olive-green, but the rest of it is usually bright reddish-orange with almost neon coloured stripes on its cheeks. The spot on the gill cover usually has a red outline
Foods: aquatic insects, snails, small molluscs, and other small fish
Other names: sunperch, common perch, robin, sand perch, yellow belly, grass perch, round sunfish, common sunfish
