Bream (Sunfish)

Banded Sunfish - A very small sunfish, banded sunfish live in a few weedy locations in the lower Coastal Plain.

Bluegill - Alabama's most common sport fish, the bluegill has a long pointed pectoral fin that extends past the eye when bent forward; and the flexible ear flap is always black and as wide or wider than long.

Bluespotted Sunfish - The tiny bluespotted sunfish are only found on the Coastal Plain, but they are abundant where found.

Dollar Sunfish - Dollar sunfish look very similar to a longear sunfish, but dollar sunfish do not grow as large as longear sunfish, and the black ear flap of dollar sunfish have bluish green spots and a light green margin.

Flier - The grayling of the South are often mistaken for a crappie because of their broad dorsal and anal fins; fliers are a small sunfish that like weedy and swampy areas and readliy take surface flies.

Green Sunfish - Green sunfish are one of the first fish caught by kids in streams and ponds; voracious eaters, they rarely grow to large sizes.

Longear Sunfish - Alabma's most beautiful game fish, longear sunfish are common in small to moderate flowing streams, rivers, reservoirs, and oxbow lakes. Spawning usually extends from March into August in Alabama.

Orangespotted Sunfish - Smaller than but similar in appearance to the redear sunfish, the ear flaps of orangespotted sunfish do not have prominent red or orange spots.

Redbreast Sunfish - Adult males are one of the prettiest sportfish in Alabama; redbreast sunfish are distinct in that their long narrow ear flaps are all black.

Redear Sunfish (Shellcracker) - Redear sunfish (shellcracker) are prized by anglers because of their large size.

Redspotted Sunfish - Redspotted sunfish are very similar to and hybridize with the more eastern spotted sunfish.

Rock Bass - Rock bass are known as goggle-eye and are only found in the Tennessee Valley and northward; the similar shadow bass are found in the Mobile basin.

Shadow Bass - Shadow bass are the southern version of rock bass; both of which are commonly known as goggle-eye.

Warmouth - Warmouth are know locally as stumpknocker and goggle-eye, a name also used for rock bass and shadow bass.

Use of Bream for Bait - Bream (sunfish) are the only game fish that may be used for bait.