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Male and female green sunfish?

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ksmith088

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
I used the sticky to determine what my oddball sunfish was and pretty sure it is a male green sunfish. Curious what all the others are that were caught in the same bunch he was. All were caught together at about 1.5 inches and now are around 4 inches. All the other ones look identical except for the male green sunfish. Are the others all female or a different type of sunfish?

Male Green sunfish
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Others
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Ok thanks guys....will they breed with that male or is he the outcast? He seems to be the dominate one in the tank
 
Green sunfish and pumpkinseed will hybridizing readily in the wild. But it appears that you have some that is too young to breeding.
 
Yeah they are very young....they are all in a 65 gallon right now...there is a 250 gal next to them that holds 2 big peacock bass and a gar so the sunfish need to get a lot bigger to join them
 
ksmith088 said:
Yeah they are very young....they are all in a 65 gallon right now...there is a 250 gal next to them that holds 2 big peacock bass and a gar so the sunfish need to get a lot bigger to join them
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65g is big enough for awhile..... i dont know if i would ever put sunfish in with Peacock bass unless you just wanted to use them as feeders.
 
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