Fish ID?
 

A buddy of mine caught this thing in a lake in N Jersey this evening. It was 9" long, and put up one helluva fight on ultra light gear and the mouth was big enough to fit what looks like a 3/0 in it :eek:

To me, it looks like a cross between a pumpkinseed sunny, LM bass, and a rockbass, but who knows what it could be? I also though maybe a cichlid of some sort on steroids?

Can anybody ID this thing?

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Chaenobryttus gulosus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmouth

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I'm pretty sure that's a green sunfish. The turquoise on the gill plate is a dead giveaway.

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looks like a Largemouth Bluegill. :)

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That is a 100% no doubt completely absolutely positvely........ Green Sunfish:cool: its often confused as a warmouth.... but its a green sunfish....

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I think the winner is green sunfish. Thanks guys!

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War Mouth

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Did some searching and I would have to say green sunfish.

Warmouth - http://cnre.vt.edu/efish/families/warmouth.html

Green Sunfish -http://cnre.vt.edu/efish/families/greensun.html

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Green Sunfish. Caught a bunch last year at Pompton Lake. Aggressive little f*ckers too, would hit 5" senkos all day long. Here's a few pictures...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...2_093340-1.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...604_124224.jpg

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it's a green sunfish, which is an invasive species in NJ. do not release them alive.
you should also contact NJDEP biologist for your region. page 40 of the regs: