longear sunfish pictures?

[Leo1234]

does anyone have pictures of all the longear sunfish subspecies? I hear that there are a lot of them. please post picture and location for subspecies. Also can you post color that is dependent on where it's from? I'm not sure if all of the different color ones are subspecies.If there is something like this already, can you post a link? I could not find it if this already exists.

Thanks

 

[Kaliedoscope]

this is mine, collection point is Sulphur OK. Tank raised F1 male.

My impression of the "subspecies" of longear sunfish, is that they vary slightly in color between each water system, and are constantly recombining, since they use the heavy rains to disperse through waterways (i've seen them do this here). But there are three main groups. This one is the common variety here in Oklahoma, orange and turquoise are the dominant colors. The second one, my personal favorite, is the southern variety, which is mostly red, with some blue/turquoise on the face. Males of this variety in spring are stunning. This variety is very rare here in Oklahoma, but I have seen them in the deep fork river system. I believe that this strain ranges from central OK at its most northern point, and continue down from here to louisiana, where they are most common. There is a third variety that is more northern, though I don't know much about those. I think they are more green? All I know is we don't have them here, and the more southern variants are so much more colorful I haven't really bothered to look into it.

 

[notho2000]

Here's a recent video of my Central (Kansas) Longears (Lepomis megalotis megalotis) spawning.
[video=youtube_share;uTlysjnibhs]http://youtu.be/uTlysjnibhs[/video]
Also a couple of pics, one as I was netting them to bring inside in November, and the other, a male swimming in his "over-wintering" tank.

 

[divemaster99]

None of these pictures are mine but here's some different ones.

L. megalotis "Kansas Red Nape"


L. megalotis "Mobile River, Alabama"


L. peltastes (Northern Sunfish/Northern Longear Sunfish)

 

[divemaster99]

Here's a recent video of my Central (Kansas) Longears (Lepomis megalotis megalotis) spawning.
[video=youtube_share;uTlysjnibhs]http://youtu.be/uTlysjnibhs[/video]
Also a couple of pics, one as I was netting them to bring inside in November, and the other, a male swimming in his "over-wintering" tank.

Nice nuchal hump on that male in the video!