Animals

Longear Sunfish #3

You can clearly see the long ear flap from which the name comes. It is called an opercular flap. Not actually an ear, it is the hard, bony flap that covers and protects the gills.
Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)

Lepomis megalotisLongear Sunfishfishwhite rock lakedallas texasreinhart branchelongated opercle flapclose upfreshwater fishswimming