ID - Pumpkin Seed fish?

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Hi! I thought someone here might be able to help me out with a fish ID. These are not the best pictures but I think they are pumpkinseeds. I took these photos in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY yesterday afternoon. It's fresh water, btw.

http://pics.livejournal.com/laurasubby/pic/000t0w0y/
http://pics.livejournal.com/laurasubby/pic/000t1ppg/
http://pics.livejournal.com/laurasubby/pic/000t24ww/
http://pics.livejournal.com/laurasubby/pic/000t395z/

Thanks much!

 

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Oscar?

 

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Uh, that's definitely not an oscar.

In order to properly ID any Lepomis species you'll need a clear side shot...at least I would LOL. Maybe someone else can verify it for you with the pics you have but I cant make a call based on those.

 

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So then, do you think it is some kind of Lepomis? Or you can't tell at all?

 

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Well it's definitely along the lines of a pumpkinseed, bluegill, etc. but I personally cannot tell the exact species.

 

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Thanks!

 

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Starting to think its some sort of sunfish. Very similar to an oscar.

 

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FishPish said:

Starting to think its some sort of sunfish. Very similar to an oscar.

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A pumkinseed is a sunfish. Thanks.

 

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A pumpkinseed is in the sunfish family. A pumpkinseed is not the definition of a sunfish per se.

 

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Oscars and sunfish are really not all that related...