The Sunfish Family | LEPOMIS Genus

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  • This video is about the Lepomis or Sunfish genus of the freshwater sunfish family Centrarchidae. There are thirteen species in the Lepomis genus. I hope you like the video and as always...
    THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!
    03:19 Northern Bluegill
    05:13 Coppernose Bluegill
    07:26 Hand-Paint Bluegill
    07:58 Eastern Bluegill
    08:28 Southwestern Bluegill
    09:14 Redear Sunfish (Shellcracker)
    11:31 Redbreast Sunfish
    13:45 Green Sunfish
    17:26 Warmouth
    22:09 Longear Sunfish
    25:31 Northern Sunfish
    28:16 Dollar Sunfish
    31:33 Pumpkinseed
    34:38 Spotted Sunfish
    36:49 Redspotted Sunfish
    40:15 Orangespotted Sunfish
    42:18 Bantam Sunfish
    #sunfishfamily #sunfish #bream
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  • @PythonDad
    @PythonDad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for this video. Maybe people will stop calling everything a bluegill if they see this. :)
    I live near a lake with an awesome warmouth population. Never caught so many 7-9 inch warmouth anywhere else. The colored up breeding males are the prettiest I've ever seen. Super dark with a purple fluorescent sheen and red tipped fins and opercular lobes.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it! Spawning male Warmouth are definitely underrated!

  • @user-ub9tp8wy4x
    @user-ub9tp8wy4x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since I was a little boy and into adulthood. I’ve always noticed great variations in these fish. Finally a great tool to know what you have actually caught. Well done!
    😊

  • @bdizzle1729
    @bdizzle1729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the video, it's really nice to get lots of detail about each sunfish

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it!

  • @user-ub9tp8wy4x
    @user-ub9tp8wy4x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since I was a little boy and into adulthood. I’ve always noticed great variations in these fish. Finally a great tool to know what you have actually caught. Well done!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much I really appreciate it!

  • @pauldolbec2455
    @pauldolbec2455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done and thank you for sharing you research and knowledge!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much I'm glad you liked it!

  • @theartoffitness2430
    @theartoffitness2430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! This is awesome! I’ve been looking for a video like this to help me identify the many varieties of sunfish I’ve caught over the years. This is super helpful! Thank you so much!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you I really appreciate it! That's exactly why I made this video so I'm glad you liked it!

  • @nickkolesnik5054
    @nickkolesnik5054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing work. Thank you sir!!!!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much I appreciate it! I'm glad you liked it!

  • @taylor-eugenesimmons8615
    @taylor-eugenesimmons8615 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice!!!
    This Is Doctoral Work!!!
    I Am Very Impressed!!!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's a serious compliment thank you very much!

    • @taylor-eugenesimmons8615
      @taylor-eugenesimmons8615 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ShoalBandit
      You're Welcome!!!
      It's Well Deserving!!!
      Keep Up The Good Work!!!

  • @josephw1771
    @josephw1771 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was so damn informative and interesting. Thanks for taking the time to give such in-depth information!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you I really appreciate it!

  • @curtishuffstutler2934
    @curtishuffstutler2934 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the information great video .

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching glad you liked it!

  • @williamholiday468
    @williamholiday468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extraordinarily informative, Sir. Thank you.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much I really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

  • @donaldseigel4101
    @donaldseigel4101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @aviancypress5181
    @aviancypress5181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is the micropterus video almost done? These videos are a great help when I catch a species im not familiar with

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I apologize for the delay (again). This video is over 1 hour so it's the longest I've made so far...by a lot. Anyway I've been having multiple device storage issues that I've never had to deal with. Anyway long story short I had to make 3 shorter videos, save them, delete everything off a 4TB hard drive, and import/put those 3 videos together. Again I'm sorry it's taking so long but it will be up this week because I'm no longer having any kind of speed/performance issues or problems. Thanks again for your interest (and patience) I really appreciate it!

  • @iblackbeard
    @iblackbeard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent breakdown, i'm gonna see how many that I can identify by your descriptions. Stranglely I caught an "Eastern Bluegill" here in Texas! Beautiful fish! Thanks again!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks I appreciate it and good luck! That is strange it most likely came from a private lake somewhere after a big rain.

    • @bobs5596
      @bobs5596 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      may have been stocked.

  • @morelia21701
    @morelia21701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I have become deeply interested in keeping these in aquarium. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that all sunfish are not "Bluegill". I find very beautiful Longear Sunfish in the Monocacy River in Maryland.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching I really appreciate it!

  • @cpf7894
    @cpf7894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video, deserves more views.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you sir I appreciate it!

  • @Erickolcin
    @Erickolcin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent content! Thank you

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much! I spent a lot of time on these videos so I really appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching!

    • @Erickolcin
      @Erickolcin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShoalBandit please keep them coming!!!

  • @Lowballinoutdoorz
    @Lowballinoutdoorz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    O man, I know the ones around my area, I didn't know there were several other kinds!! Thanks for the info

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching I really appreciate it!

  • @thurstonhowelliii335
    @thurstonhowelliii335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video. I’m looking to start an aquarium with native fish. The Dollar Sunfish looks like a good choice since it is colorful and only gets 5 inches long. Looks like I’ll have to drive south a few hours to find them.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching...you might want to check out the Bluespotted Sunfish. They're a slightly smaller member of the Banded Sunfish genus Enneacanthus. They're found as far north as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and southern New York.

  • @RepairerOfBreach
    @RepairerOfBreach 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just an update, a year ago they transplanted Florida coppernose to lake Perris, California and they are thriving. 2-3 lbs are common but are released so the fishery grows.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that's HUGE...Thanks for the update!

  • @ifishcatfish
    @ifishcatfish ปีที่แล้ว

    great video. right amount of detail

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much I'm glad you liked it!

    • @ifishcatfish
      @ifishcatfish ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShoalBandit I am catching some very bright colored elongated bass right under the nickajack dam on TN river, but i am struggling to identify them. People call them kentucky spotted bass, but from ur video and maps it seems its more likely that they are alabama bass. Do u have an email where i can send you some pictures? I couldn't find it in description. Or u can get my email from my description and email me, if u don't want to share it here.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ifishcatfish Alabama Bass have made their way into Nickajack from Chickamauga so you're probably right. There's also a lot of Smallmouth x Alabama hybrids in that part of the drainage. I'd really like to see any fish from that area I'm at: shoalbandit@gmail.com

  • @thirdspacemaker9141
    @thirdspacemaker9141 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! New sub! I don’t fish, but I’m learning about native fish and trying to film them underwater with a GoPro.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks I really appreciate it! Wish I had more time I'd like to do some underwater video in creeks and rivers.

  • @troyseal9877
    @troyseal9877 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mini trout magnets will get those bantam and orange spotted sunnies

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks I'll have to try that!

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In central Texas, anything remotely resembling a sunfish is called a "perch". I'm not sure why that is. This is a very informative video!

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've noticed they call them 'perch' in some parts of Oklahoma too and in Florida Black Crappie are often called 'speckled perch'. I haven't found a definitive answer, but I think if/when people bought a freshwater fish to eat in the 19th/20th century they were probably just labeled 'perch'. There are/were commercial fisheries for Yellow Perch and White Perch in New England and the Midwest so maybe the term 'perch' was applied to any small freshwater fish aka panfish good for the table?

  • @christopherknettel4505
    @christopherknettel4505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eastern bluegill we have in Jacksonville fl

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably the result of stocking since that's below the southern boundary of the accepted intergrade zone.

  • @bobs5596
    @bobs5596 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this made me go look up the pygmy sunfish and the crappie. i thought they would be in this group, but no they are diff genera. maybe a chart of all centrarchidae would be useful.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you check my playlists there's one called 'The Sunfish Family'...I did a video for every genus in the sunfish family. When I made those videos (2 years ago) pygmy sunfishes were not formally part of Centrarchidae. FishBase still has them in Elassomatidae but I'm going to add them (and a chart) when I update those videos.

  • @elijahfreeman6400
    @elijahfreeman6400 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I catch Coppernose Bluegill all the way in Eastern North Carolina.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have been widely introduced unfortunately, which is bad for the native bluegill. They have been successfully stocked as far north as Tennessee and west to Texas.

  • @anthonyvinci9054
    @anthonyvinci9054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is amazing but where did you get the pictures for the bluegill subspecies?

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! The fish were caught within the range of each subspecies. Some are composites of multiple images. Some are not. I made them with a program similar to Photoshop.

  • @MarkMeadows90
    @MarkMeadows90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've caught plenty of Redbreast Sunfish here in northern Alabama, mostly in creeks. I wonder if their range has extended westward, maybe as an introduced species?

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes they're introduced and have displaced the native Longear Sunfish in a lot of streams. Redbreast Sunfish have been introduced as far west as Texas.

    • @MarkMeadows90
      @MarkMeadows90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ShoalBandit Thanks for the info

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MarkMeadows90 Anytime thanks for watching!

  • @tylergoodale9840
    @tylergoodale9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude! This is awesome! To who am I speaking? Who's the video creator?

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you I'm glad you liked it! My name's Jason McRae and I made the video(s) for people like yourself. This channel is all about fish so I just wanted to have something people could use as a kind of reference/field guide. The Sunfish Family videos are also meant to be an introduction to the sunfish family so that everyone is on the same page before we move on to more advanced topics next year.

  • @micahhook3576
    @micahhook3576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The pumpkin seeds look like the dollars a lot

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The opercular flap (or ear) of the Dollar Sunfish should be angled upward. They will be level on a Pumpkinseed. Pumpkinseeds also have irregular brown to gold spots that cover the body while the spots on a Dollar Sunfish are usually blue to silver (or some color in between). Most Dollar Sunfish also have spots and/or vermiculations on the opercular flap with a distinct silver margin. On a Pumpkinseed it will be solid black with a red blotch on the rear margin of the flap.

  • @WackoFromWaco
    @WackoFromWaco 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have almost only northern bluegill in the brazos and bosque river in texas

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's right on the edge of their native range so it'd be interesting to know if those were introduced. Thanks for watching!

  • @rickf9804
    @rickf9804 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where can I buy a chart for comparing my catches?

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I made the chart in the video, but my channel is so small I don't sell merchandise. If you're talking about that chart, you can save a screen shot of it or send me an email and I'll send a copy. You can also Google 'sunfish ID chart' and find similar charts for sale.

  • @variedaddepescacontony146
    @variedaddepescacontony146 ปีที่แล้ว

    What species of blueguill are there in California?

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Northern Bluegill are the most common and have been stocked throughout California, but Coppernose Bluegill have also been introduced in a few areas (like Lake Perris).

    • @variedaddepescacontony146
      @variedaddepescacontony146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ShoalBandit I really like to go fishing for that something, especially for the bluguills, but for some time now, they have been indiscriminately fishing for them and their popularity in the lake has decreased

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@variedaddepescacontony146 Sorry to hear about that I hope the population comes back soon.

  • @chickensam12
    @chickensam12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i catch blue gill and pumpkinseed sunfish

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those Pumpkinseeds have some amazing colors!

  • @jamespimental6919
    @jamespimental6919 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No such thing a millions of years. But still a cool video

    • @adrianlajas5336
      @adrianlajas5336 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What?

    • @jamespimental6919
      @jamespimental6919 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@adrianlajas5336 earth isn't millions of years old. Only about 6000

  • @micahhook3576
    @micahhook3576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want a longear for my tank but i live in florida fuck

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The creeks and rivers in the Florida panhandle have Longear Sunfish (from the Choctawhatchee drainage-west). It's called the Swampland Longear Sunfish (Lepomis solis).

    • @micahhook3576
      @micahhook3576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ShoalBandit i might drive up there and catch some honestly. Thanks

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@micahhook3576 No problem I know there's some in Big Coldwater Creek near Milton, FL. Lots of bank access if you don't have a boat.

    • @micahhook3576
      @micahhook3576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ShoalBandit awesome!!

  • @macy725
    @macy725 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So Americans will get jealous at other countries because because they'll have pretty fish. I wonder if other countries get jealous of our sunfish because these are some pretty fish. I had a pet green sunfish that i used to feed crickets and worms to.

    • @ShoalBandit
      @ShoalBandit  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well, if they're not they should be because sunfish are awesome! LOL

  • @scotthall3644
    @scotthall3644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fish was created by god 6000 years ago

    • @maxmaven99
      @maxmaven99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No they weren't.