Bream (Sunfish)

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

Bluegill - The bluegill has 39 to 44 lateral line scales. Its dorsal fin contains nine to 11 spines and 10 to 12 soft rays, its anal fin three spines and 10 to 12 rays.

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 sunbut dollar sunfish do not grow as large as longear sunand 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 - 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.