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1/2 as deep as long

under 1” thick

blue color on lower portion of both the jaw and operculum

Color is NOT a good way to identify

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Dark round spot on the rear dorsal fin

5-9 dark vertical bands running down their sides.

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Produced from a Bluegill and Pumpkinseed crossbreeds.

Looks very similar to Bluegill or Pumpkinseed, but slight differences.

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Lateral facial markings

Scarlet spot on opercle flap

7-8 dark vertical bands

Very similar to bluegill

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Very colorful, but color is a poor ID indicator.

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Both Black and White (black = 7-8 dorsal spines, white = 6 dorsal spines.)

Mottled Markings

Color is not a good identification indicator

Very thin, perhaps the thinnest of all sunfish

8-10 inches is common

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Golden Yellow Coloration on their sides. (may vary)

6-8 dark vertical bands along their sides

have two dorsal fins, membrane between the two is black

caudal fin is slightly rounded and forked

3.5 times as long as deep

unlike walleyes, they do not have canines

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Upper jaw extends beyond the eye

Deep notch in dorsal fin

Caudal fin is forked and rounded

Golden-brown eye

Dark, irregular horizontal stripe along lateral line

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Upper jaw does not extends beyond the eye

Slight notch in dorsal fin

Caudal fin is not forked and not rounded

Red eye

Dark, vertical stripe along sid

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Brown eye

Silver color

many dark, horizontal lines along the sides

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Brown eye

Brown coloration, with light vertical stripes along the sides

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Canines along the lower jaw

irregularly-shaped vertical blotches along sides

Upper half of body has mottled vertical stripes

Dark blotch on back of anterior dorsal fin, no spots on dorsal fin

Silvery, opaque marble eyes that glow in the dark

White tip on lower edge of caudal fin

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Very similar to a walleye

spots on the anterior dorsal fin, no black blotch at the back of anterior dorsal

no white tip on low caudal fin

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Hard-muscled, tube-shaped fish with elongated body and a flat, duckbill snout

light, bean-shaped markings  that run the length of the body in horizontal rows

Tiger-striped fins

Rounded caudal, pelvic and pectoral fins

Scales cover the cheek and upper half of the operculum

5-7 pores on each side of lower jaw

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Hard-muscled, tube-shaped fish with elongated body and a flat, duckbill snout

vertical stripes along each side of the fish

Tiger-striped fins

Pointed caudal, pelvic and pectoral fins

No scales on the cheek and upper half of the operculum

6-9 pores on each side of lower jaw

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Has an elongated and compressed body

squared-tail

wormlike markings on back and head

red spots along the side of their bodies with blue halos.

Lower fins have a white leading edge, followed by a black border