Can anyone identify this species??

[Dispy]

Can anyone identify this fish?

[AQUAASSASSIN]

1/2 Alewife 1/2 Crappie?

[eyeaddict]

Its a little crappie!

[Swampdonkey]

Its a little crappie!

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[nixstyx]

Its a little crappie!

Ahh man, I was gonna say that!


The big eyes relative to the body give away that it's a juvenile, and the spotting on the side makes me think crappie. At that age they don't have the oval body shape, they look more like shiners.

[Dispy]

Thanks I found it...baby common sunfish

http://mullinsknives.com/baby-sunfish/

[nixstyx]

Thanks I found it...baby common sunfish

http://mullinsknives.com/baby-sunfish/

Yup, that could be it too! At that age they don't have very many defining characteristics.
So, what was eating it? I assume that came from somebody's tummy.

[Dispy]

Yup, that could be it too! At that age they don't have very many defining characteristics.
So, what was eating it? I assume that came from somebody's tummy.

It is definately what Troutski found on his search. You'd have to read my latest two posts to find out

[ice malitia]

I was gona say sunfish. I have 4 left in my bait tank that I trapped? Any one know If they are legal to fish with. I threw one on a couple times but couldnt even get a bite. I haven't tried since

[Oddfish]

I can't ell if the dorsal is digested or what, but it also bears a striking resemblance to a stickleback in that photo.  Not sure if NH even has a fresh water species but it might be worth a relook.  If it was a marine specimen I would say 3 spine stickleback.

Oddfish

[lavaman]

isn't the mouth too big for a sunfish? im not an expert so i could be wrong.

[Dispy]

Yup, that could be it too! At that age they don't have very many defining characteristics.
So, what was eating it? I assume that came from somebody's tummy.

The trout are foraging on them, bellies full of them.

[fishermantim]

I agree with juvie crappy.

The eye is the key.

Sunfish eyes grow in relation to their body. I have used baby sunnies during the summer, and their eyes are not that big in comparison to their bodies. They are big, as would any prey species would be, but not as big as crappies (remember they like to forage in low light conditions.)

[kl3377]

I was gona say sunfish. I have 4 left in my bait tank that I trapped? Any one know If they are legal to fish with. I threw one on a couple times but couldnt even get a bite. I haven't tried since

Not legal.

[6wheels]

My first thought was baby rock bass. Caught a nice rainbow once that had smelt and a few of those in the digestive tract. Looking again though, the mouth has that "crappie" look about it.

[kl3377]

Baby Blue Gill from a Trout pond up in Maine.

[Dispy]

Identified as baby common sunfish :  exactly as shown, the fish was slightly decomposed, measured at 4" length and 1" wide,   thanks fellas

[TheOutdoorsman]

Baby Blue Gill from a Trout pond up in Maine.

kl3377, that isn't a bluegill in your picture, it is a pumpkinseed.  Notice the red spot on the gill plate.

[kl3377]

Sorry, I generally lump them together.

[TheOutdoorsman]

Identified as baby common sunfish :  exactly as shown, the fish was slightly decomposed, measured at 4" length and 1" wide,   thanks fellas

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Dipsy, there is no such species as "common sunfish" other than what people might call a sunfish that is common in their region. 

From your original picture, it is difficult to tell due to digestion...but I wouldn't be able to rule out rock bass or crappie.  I can't tell if the mouth is large or if it is just torn, but juvenile sunfish that we have around here (pumpkinseeds and bluegills) have very small mouths.  The eye looks oddly large as well. 

[Dispy]

Dipsy, there is no such species as "common sunfish" other than what people might call a sunfish that is common in their region. 

From your original picture, it is difficult to tell due to digestion...but I wouldn't be able to rule out rock bass or crappie.  I can't tell if the mouth is large or if it is just torn, but juvenile sunfish that we have around here (pumpkinseeds and bluegills) have very small mouths.  The eye looks oddly large as well.

Thus the reason for no capitals in common Crappie have 7-8 dorsal spines whereas this fish had 12. I suppose you had to see it first hand. Thanks again fellas.

[TheOutdoorsman]

Thus the reason for no capitals in common Crappie have 7-8 dorsal spines whereas this fish had 12. I suppose you had to see it first hand. Thanks again fellas.

Interesting.  Rock bass have 12 dorsal spines.  How many anal fin spines?

[Dispy]

Interesting.  Rock bass have 12 dorsal spines.  How many anal fin spines?

Fortunately there are no rock bass in this lake

[TheOutdoorsman]

Fortunately there are no rock bass in this lake

These days, I wouldn't be so sure! 

[6wheels]

Agreed. I know you'd probably be the first to see them Dispy, but you never know. I've just started pulling them out of Winni and that's new to me.

[AQUAASSASSIN]

Agreed. I know you'd probably be the first to see them Dispy, but you never know. I've just started pulling them out of Winni and that's new to me.

I have caught a ton of them around Bear Island.......

[Hess]

Rock bass have an orange colored eye -- I think it is a young crappie!