Hi there,

I know this is a fly forum, however a friend of mine was fishing a carp lake in France in the summer and caught this funny Perch looking fish.

Please can anyone name it for us as we are finding it hard to learn what it is.

Cheers

Jacko

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Carpman in need of help!

Id like to name it ,

"orca" , hows that!!!

Think they are called Punpkinseed in america not sure if this still applies in Europe they are a type of Sun Fish

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Allan
Only dead fish go with the flow.

A.K.A Bluegill....

Looks like an odd shape tetris cube...............

Yes I am that bored.

Walker

Give the man a cigar.

Close. Almost certainly a Pumpkinseed, not a Bluegill, although they are closely related and can hybridize.


Sunfish biology and identification: Minnesota DNR


'Pumpkinseed'

This popular sunfish is nearly as large as the bluegill. The pumpkinseed can be distinguished from the bluegill by the bright orange spot at the tip of the ear flap and the lack of a dark blotch on the soft portion of the dorsal. Breeding males are particularly colorful; their cheeks and gill covers are marked by wavy bright blue bars. Identifying and distinguishing sunfish is complicated by frequent hybridization.

The pumpkinseed spawns from May until well into the summer, nesting in colonies and defending its nests, much as bluegill do. In fact, pumpkinseed sometimes build nests in bluegill colonies. The pumpkinseed eats aquatic insects and other invertebrates. It uses its specially adapted teeth to feed heavily on snails.

They are very good o eat. Yum.

I stand corrected, I thought a Bluegill was just a pet name for a pumkinseed sunfish.

Its a fat perch way freckles

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