Animals

My first Bluegill

I thought this was a female longear sunfish but when I posted it on iNaturalist, I discovered I had my first bluegill. I found out one way to tell the difference is to see that ear flap in profile. With longears, it has white along the edges and the flap is longer and lighter. This bluegill has a shorter flap, it is a darker flap and lacks the white line all along the flap edges.
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

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