Perch, bream, and sunfish—same thing right? WRONG. Local names vary for these popular sport fishes, and this post is aimed to clear the water on such a confusing subject. So just what is a “sunfish”? Technically, a sunfish is any species in the freshwater fish family Centrarchidae (sin-tr-ark-i-day). These include black basses, rock basses, crappies, banded sunfishes,…
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10 Scary Fish in Natural Halloween Costumes
By Patrick Cooney All of these fish are real and they sure look like they are wearing scary Halloween costumes inspired by menacing characters. Be sure to let us know in the poll at the bottom which one you think is the scariest fish of them all. 1. Sarcastic Fringehead as Predator Sarcastic Fringehead Blennies live in the…
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