Name This Fish......(Pic Included) 2024
jmed999 reply :
Sorry if this is a stupid question but there are so many types of bream-like fish that I'm not sure what I have in my pond so I thought I would ask. The picture doesn't show the full array of colors but it has some light blue below the mouth and a bright orangey yellow belly.
What kind of fish is this specifically? Thanks guys!!!
aumdb487 reply :
looks like female bluegill to me
00 mod reply :
On 3/16/2012 at 10:17 PM, aumdb487 said:looks like female bluegill to me
x2! It appears to be a bluegill to me as well!
Jeff
SAC2 reply :
yeah bluegill for sure. pick up some gill colored spinnerbaits and get to chuckin!
jmed999 reply :
That is what I thought it was but one neighbor calls them sunfish and the other neighbor calls them bream....So I wasn't sure what it was sunfidh, blugill, or bream.
Thanks!
J Francho reply :
That looks like Sally.
roadwarrior reply :
Bream is a Southern term that includes all species of bluegill and are also called perch.
00 mod reply :
We call em bream down here. But that generally refers to all types of sunfish. Up north they call em all sunfish.
Jeff
senco lover reply :
that looks like a pumpkin seed
ctf58 reply :
Mouth looks small but it could be a green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) .
Green Sunfish are found in most native watersheds in the nation. To not have green sunfish around you is the exception, not the rule. Green sunfish, called "slicks" in Arkansas, "yellow bellied perch" in other areas of the country, are iridescent green, with orange trim around their fins. With a big mouth, green sunfish are considerably more predatory than bluegill or redear. They compete directly with young game fish.
J Francho reply :
Lepomis macrochirus
Sam reply :
What about a white crappie?
If we are going to name the fish I suggest we name it Bob.
Bob the Crappie or Bob the Fish.
J Francho reply :
It's a female blue gill, not a crappie, and definitely not named Bob. 
Gangley reply :
Its a bluegill.
Its not a green sunfish: mouth to small, no yellow/green line of dilineation around fins, body to tall, etc
In the south, all sunfish get called bluegill, perch, brim, bream, etc. Though incorrect, they all mean the same thing down here.
If you want to really get specific, its true scientific name is: Jugging Baiticus 
Chattahoochee reply :
X9 Bluegill. Also Sunfish, Shellcracker, Bream. Alltough since joining this site I have amended my southron ways and typiclly call them by the proper names now.
smalljaw67 reply :
This is a bluegill, if you see red dimpled on the sides and a thin red line behind the gill it would be a pumpkinseed. Red ear sunfish look like pumpkinseeds but instead of a thin red line behind the gill it has more of a red spot and a small red spot on the end of the blue make on the gill. The bluegill in the picture could also be a green sunfish but I doubt it just because of the bright colors you described, green sunfish are probably the least colorfull of the fish we call sunfish which are the bluegill, the pumpkinseed, the red ear and the green.
jmed999 reply :
Thanks guys! There's another bream-like fish I catch a lot. It looks similar but has a bigger mouth. I'll post a pic next time I catch one.
Bobby Uhrig reply :
It looks to me like the biggest fish Dozer ever caught
Lund Explorer reply :
My name for that kind of fish is DINNER!
Gangley reply :
Green Sunfish are what you dont want. They have voracious appetites and don't grow very large. They will outcompete the regular bluegills, redear's and pumpkinseeds for forage and never get to a good size. If you don't mind taking the time to clean little guys, they are good table fare.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Brent Christian reply :
x10 female bluegill...
Lund Explorer reply :
On 3/17/2012 at 12:30 AM, Sam said:What about a white crappie?
If we are going to name the fish I suggest we name it Bob.
Bob the Crappie or Bob the Fish.
FYI, the old school name for crappie up here is Specks. I've also heard them called Calico's. But I've never heard of them called Bob unless it was in Texas where it was their middle name.
tugsandpulls reply :
its a kibby by the way has anyone else heard of a kibby or is it just a new england slang word
jmed999 reply :
How do y'all know it's a female?
A-Jay reply :
On 3/17/2012 at 7:33 PM, tugsandpulls said:its a kibby by the way has anyone else heard of a kibby or is it just a new england slang word
Yup - I grew up in MA and fished NH allot as well.
Kibby was the name for just about anything that ate a worm hanging under a bobber.
The one exception was a horn pout (?) - the spines on those buggers are Wicked Shaaarp.
A-Jay
tholmes reply :
On 3/17/2012 at 9:46 PM, jmed999 said:How do y'all know it's a female?
Mostly by it's coloration. The males tend to be more colorful with darker, more saturated colors while the females tend to have more pale, washed-out colors.
Tom
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/17/2012 at 11:46 PM, tholmes said:Mostly by it's coloration. The males tend to be more colorful with darker, more saturated colors while the females tend to have more pale, washed-out colors.
Tom
What he said. This only applies to larger fish though, small bluegills will all have the washed out look but that fish is big enough it would have changed to the brighter colors if it was a male.
Bassn Blvd reply :
Sorry to say, but all of you are wrong. That particular fish is called "Bass Bait." By far the best live bait there is for bass.
Sam reply :
Yep. Female Bluegill.
But I still like the name Bob.
Kabar reply :
Looks like Motherin Law species family member.
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