Talk:Orangespotted sunfish
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[edit]kingdom:anima —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.54.107 (talk) 00:51, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
The picture actually isn't misleading, the males are blue with orange spots. The females are tannish-yellow with rust colored spots. In spawning season, of course, the males (like other lepomids) get much more dramatic coloration, but they are always a blue base with orange spots.
See pics:
http://www.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=orange+spotted+sunfish&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=ccSwTMnUKIL7lwflndnnDw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QsAQwAA&biw=1440&bih=658 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.93.232.14 (talk) 19:38, 9 October 2010 (UTC)