What type of fish is this?

[Tormented]

We moved to this house and it already had a pond, but it used to be a sespool (have no idea how to spell that). It have hundreds of misquito fish, a few gold fish, little black cat fish, red eared turtles (not the small sliders), and the mystery fish. Oh and the many snakes.

The fish looks like a cichlid, its is a deep red and has ice blue fins. I would tank a picture but they are super fast.

We have lived here almost a year and i am just seeing them, like i said they are super fast.

 

[jetajockey]

Get a dipnet and collect one for a photo. Red and blue fins sounds like a bluefin killifish but they are not in range there. What's the body shape like? Is it shaped like a sunfish? or slender like a minnow?

 

[Tormented]

Oh and they are about 3 inches long? The shape is like this

 

[Tormented]

I can't see it perfectly in the pond but from what i can see it looks like this

 

[jetajockey]

How about this guy, from nanfa.org

 

[bettaowner]

Is that a sunfish.

 

[Tormented]

That is what they look like! I still havent been able to catch one but i saw it more clearly today

 

[Sillyfishies]

DWARF GOURAMI!!! How do no one else see that?

 

[jetajockey]

DWARF GOURAMI!!! How do no one else see that?

DG's won't be hanging out in cesspools and drainage ditches in northern Louisiana.

 

[Sillyfishies]

Oh ya. I feel dumb.

 

[LSUMAN]

It's a pumpkin seed sunfish, I catch then all the time fishing.

 

[bshenanagins]

Not to thread jack, but does anyone know where you can buy sunfish? I have a 135 gallon RES tank I'm preparing for the summer and I want to use native fish in it which would be sunnies. Some are very attractive like the long ear and blue spotted. Some strains are on aquabid but not all. My local hatchery doesn't really have them just trout.

 

[Sillyfishies]

Not to thread jack, but does anyone know where you can buy sunfish? I have a 135 gallon RES tank I'm preparing for the summer and I want to use native fish in it which would be sunnies. Some are very attractive like the long ear and blue spotted. Some strains are on aquabid but not all. My local hatchery doesn't really have them just trout.

I'd be happy to catch you some!

 

[Fresh2o]

You could try jonahsaquarium.com/JonahSite/fishlist.htm

 

[bshenanagins]

Thanks appreciate the responses ill check that site out. Haha that would be cool if you caught some but how would ya ship em/how much? I live on Long Island/NY.

 

[Sillyfishies]

Thanks appreciate the responses ill check that site out. Haha that would be cool if you caught some but how would ya ship em/how much? I live on Long Island/NY.

It was more of a joke, but I could probably do 2 day priority shipping + 10$ for the fish. Gotta wait for fishing season though.

 

[bshenanagins]

I'd be cool with that what strains do you have by you?

 

[Sillyfishies]

I'd be cool with that what strains do you have by you?

Uhm... Bluegill? I'd have to ask my dad in the morning. We have some pretty ones. And they're friendly . Can't tell you how many I've caught with my own hands.

 

[bshenanagins]

Nice I'm def interested