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Freshwater Sunfish
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Centrarchidae

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Shutterstock ID: 2375284555, Photographer: Griffin Gillespie

Juvenile green sunfish in a creek
Griffin Gillespie/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 2048437412, Photographer: RLS Photo

Pumpkinseed sunfish swimming underwater in the St. Lawrence River
RLS Photo/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 1065969575, Photographer: H.M. Cotton

Long eared sunfish
H.M. Cotton/Shutterstock.com
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Colorful bluegills and sunfish

Colorful bluegills and sunfish

Bluegills obtained their name because of the blueish coloration on their cheeks and gill covers.

gnatoutdoors/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
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Shutterstock ID: 2044358885, Photographer: Fabian Junge

pumpkinseed sunfish (in german Gemeiner Sonnenbarsch also Kürbiskernbarsch) Lepomis gibbosus
Fabian Junge/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 31999915, Photographer: dcwcreations

Bluegill sunfish, Lepomis Macrochirus isolated with path
dcwcreations/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 1890894019, Photographer: Brookieland

Fishing Detail of a Bluegill Sunfish at a Lake
Brookieland/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 1534137761, Photographer: Aleron Val

redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus, juvenile freshwater fish species in nature aquarium, highly adaptable invasive and ornamental predator from North America in temperate European biotope
Aleron Val/Shutterstock.com
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Shutterstock ID: 2526663393, Photographer: Clint H

Longear Sunfish, Lepomis megalotis in a simulated natural setting from an East Texas lake
Clint H/Shutterstock.com
Longear Sunfish, Lepomis megalotis in a simulated natural setting from an East Texas lake

Freshwater Sunfish

Centrarchidae

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