#Pumpkinseed Sunfish

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #401

Pumpkinseed!

They've evolved great camouflage, as the pattern of their scales resembles light reflecting in the water, making it hard for predators to tell where the fish ends and water begins! In case they do get noticed, they also have an eye spot down their side that makes them look larger than they truly are and unfavourable to predators.

[genderlessrat]

Clay figure I made for a sculpture class, getting ready to make a plaster mold of it. You will be seeing a lot fish from me in the upcoming months.

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

My staff pick this week is a volume from the Childcraft series from W.F. Quarrie & Company. This is volume 14 of 14, and it focuses on Science and Industry. The W.F. Quarrie Company was also the publisher of the World Book Encyclopedia from 1919-1945, but that’s about all I could find out about the company. 

The series is meant to be educational and fun for children, with other volumes featuring subjects like “Experience Stories and Animal Friends” and “Art and Music.” Unfortunately, we only have volume 14, but it is plenty cute and full of great pictures and illustrations. Today I’ve chosen to focus on the science half of science and industry and the color illustrations of fish, frogs, and turtles. The fish shown here are Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus), engaged in various fishy activities, including stealing worms off a fisher’s hook! The frogs are Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens) and are shown here as eggs, tadpoles, and adult frogs, one of which can be seen eating a mouse! The turtles are Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), shown in the center “at their favorite sport, lazily basking on a waterlogged tree trunk.” 

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[cyprinella]

Pumpkinseed Sunfish by rinaflies Via Flickr: Lepomis gibbosus

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 16, no. 7. July, 1955. Illustration by Bob Hines.

Internet Archive

[pochqmqri]

Pumpkinseed at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland

[todaysbird]

nice little sunfish…pumpkinseed I think?

[fullfrontalfish]

Of the pumpkinseed sunfish variety

An excellent specimen

[losech]

Spent a lot more time on this lake than I meant to. Brought home 4 pumpkinseed, 1 bluegill, and 1 green sunfish. Saw several big bass and found a dink bass nursery.

Boat Bitch!

[arecaceae175]

HEROES SPIRIT LINKS AS FISH IF HEROES SPIRIT WERE FISH

This is my mermay contribution. All characters belong to @heroesspirit!!!

Each Link has a different place in the world of cultural inspiration, so at least one of the fish included for each is endemic to that region. Endemic means it is native to that specific area and not found (naturally) anywhere else in the world!! It’s really cool. There are some fish that are endemic to a singular lake!!!! Big lakes, but still one singular lake!!!! Or one reach of a tributary stream!!! It’s super cool.

Anyway. FISH!!!!! Image descriptions at the very bottom! :D

IMAGE ID: Images are the names of each link and then a saltwater fish and a freshwater fish. Each fish has the common name, the common name in the native language of wherever it is found, and then the scientific name. The fish are listed below. Since I am posting this on mobile I only have an English keyboard, so I am only including the common names in the ISO Latin alphabet in the descriptions.

Eras. Saltwater: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus. Freshwater: Rock carp, Procypris rabaudi.

Legend. Saltwater: West Indian lionfish, Pterois brevipectoralis. Freshwater: Malaysian fish, Betta tussyae.

Sailor. Swallowtail fangblenny, Meiacanthus procne. Freshwater: Peacock-eye gudgeon, Tateurndina ocellicauda.

Kiri. Saltwater: Saddleback anemonefish, Giru, Amphiprion polymnus. Freshwater: Starry sturgeon, Uzun burun, Acipenser stellatus.

Four. Saltwater: Bluehead fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura. Freshwater: Pumpkinseed sunfish, Zonnebaars, Lepomis gibbosus.

Cori. Saltwater: Morid cod, Úthafsmóra, Svetovidovia lucullus. Freshwater: Bumblebee guppy, Poecilia reticulata.

Sky. Saltwater: Blotchwing flyingfish, Peshk fluturues, Rundinella, Uçan balik, Cheilopogon heterurus. Freshwater: Peruvian longfin, Aphyolebias peruensis.

Piper: Blackspot tuskfish, Marigyan, Mugadyi, Nggalanggari, Choerodon schoeleinii. Freshwater: Central stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum.

Wild. Saltwater: Ornate cowfish, Arcana ornata. Freshwater: Blunt-nosed Irish charr, Salvelinus obtusus.

First: Saltwater: Leafy seadragon, Phycodurus eques. Freshwater: Leopard barbel, A’djzan, Abou khazzama, Luciobarbus subquincunciatus

/END ID

[ofishal-fish-posts]

what do you think of pumpkinseed sunfish?

i like them, they're pretty

[snowflakeeel]

Lepomis Bracket

Battle of the TRUE Sunfish

Orange Spot Sunfish (Lepomis humilis) ^

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) ^

Warmouth  (Lepomis gulosus) ^

Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) ^

Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) ^

Pumpkinseed  (Lepomis gibbosus) ^

Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) ^

They are all great fish but which one is the BEST fish? Vote now on your phones!

[real-s4lmonid]

guess who! it’s the SMUG SUNFISH fools.

they’re based on the pumpkinseed sunfish!

[lickmystamp]

US postage stamp, 1992 "Pumpkinseed Sunfish" Scott #2481 Issued: December 2, 1992 - Aurora, CO Quantity: 150,000,000 Designer: Michael R. Matherly Printed By: Stamp Venturers (Lithographed) This stamp replaced the Harvey Cushing, M.D. stamp of the Great Americans Series. Its 45¢ rate paid the second 1/2 ounce rate on all international mail. The pumpkinseed sunfish is found in the ponds and lakes of eastern, northern, and northwestern United States, and is fished for both food and sport. An addition to the Wildlife Series, this colorful little fish has a gold body flecked with green, red, and blue.

[flippysquid]

The unexpected bonus of binge watching aquarium review videos for the past month and half while I’ve been in the hospital and the skilled nursing facility is that it retrained my facebook algorithm to exclusively give me fish and aquatic plant content. Also, I got an answer from our local fish and game warden and they said I can legally keep north american sunfish species. I just need to submit an application for a transport permit (which is free!) once I pick a vendor, and let them know how the waste water will be disposed. Trying to decide between keeping a giant tank of pumpkinseeds, or longeared sunfish. They both super pretty but the pumpkinseeds get bigger and live a little longer.

Also not sure if I should make a separate blog for fish stuff. Like will it become a full blown hobby? Or is my AuDHDs desperately trying to get some dopamine hits while I’m still stuck in the hospital? My eyesight is being crappy again which makes writing and art stuff hard to do in the moment.