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Sunfishes

The sunfishes (or panfish) are a group of small North American fish in the Centrarchid family.  They are typically round in profile, tall-bodied, and often brightly colored.  Panfish are very popular food fishes, and great sport on light tackle. The grand diversity in sunfish species makes them a goldmine for the species hunter as well..

 

Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Sunfish, Crappie, Rock Bass, etc.

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  • Standard Sunfishes: 18
  • Micro Sunfishes: 9

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Listed Under: Crappie, Black

Lepomis macrochirus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Bluegill

Centrarchis macropterus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Flier

Lepomis cyanellus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Green

Lepomis megalotis

Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotes
Listed Under: Sunfish, Longear

Lepomis peltastes

Northern Longear Sunfish - Lepomis peltastes
Listed Under: Sunfish, Northern

Ambloplites constellatus

Listed Under: Bass, Ozark

Lepomis gibbosus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Pumpkinseed

Lepomis auritus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Redbreast

Lepomis microlophus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Redear

Lepomis miniatus

Redspotted sunfish Lepomis miniatus
Listed Under: Sunfish, Redspotted

Ambloplites cavifrons

Listed Under: Bass, Roanoke

Ambloplites rupestris

Listed Under: Bass, Rock

Archoplites interruptus

Sacramento Perch Archoplites interruptus
Listed Under: Perch, Sacramento

Ambloplites anommus

Listed Under: Bass, Shadow

Lepomis punctatus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Spotted

Lepomis gulosus

Listed Under: Sunfish, Warmouth

Pomoxis annularis

Listed Under: Crappie, White

Micro Species

Micro species are fish that don't get big enough to be a standard-sized fish species. In general, this means they can't reach a pound in weight, or that they can only be caught by using highly specialized tiny-fish tactics. The goal of roughfish.com is to make neglected sportfish species more popular with the angling community at large. The emphasis we place on battling large and impressive specimens is essential to that goal. Micros are listed here mainly for identification purposes, although some anglers find catching them to be entertaining.

Micro

Elassoma zonatum Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Elassoma zonatum
Enneacanthus obesus
Lepomis symmetricus
Enneacanthus chaetodon
Enneacanthus gloriousus
Lepomis marginatus
Everglades Pygmy Sunfish, Elassoma evergladei
Elassoma evergladei
Acantharchus pomotis
Lepomis humilis