Little bit of an evening fly fishing session at the neighborhood pond. Some of the usual characters…Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Longear Sunfish #OklahomaFishes

Redspot Chub, a close relative of the Bluehead from the Ozarks region #OklahomaFishes

You can tell it is a Redspot Chub because of the way it is 🤪

Check out these awesome #OklahomaFishes 😎🐟

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Haven’t done an Awesome #OklahomaFishes post in a bit…

Here’s a standard component in many ponds in the region, a Bluegill x Green Sunfish hybrid. Not great from a management standpoint, but a nice looking fish!

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Ozark Logperch, Percina fulvitaenia

Typically in Ozark and Ouachita upland streams in Oklahoma, this is one of several observations in the Edmond/OKC area near @UCOBiology campus. Possibly the farthest west records in OK.

Awesome #OklahomaFishes

Yellow Bullhead, Ameiurus natalis

Small catfish with yellow chin barbels and rounded caudal fin.

Inhabits slow moving waters across the state. Diet items are quite variable.

Often bycatch when angling, tastes okay…?

@UCOBiology @OKWildlifeDept

It’s been a minute, but we are back with another installment of Awesome #OklahomaFishes

Green Sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus

Widespread range and common in streams, ponds, and reservoirs.

Aggressive and adaptable sunfish species!

Urban creek finds, in situ

In search of #OklahomaFishes

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Red Shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis

Native to the MS River Basin and widespread in OK.

Locally abundant, sometimes hundreds in one seine haul. But on rare occasion, you find a male in peak spawning condition, such as this 📸

@UCOBiology @OKWildlifeDept

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Orangespotted Sunfish, Lepomis humilis

Relatively small-bodied Centrarchid, widespread across Oklahoma
Stearman and Lynch (2013) found declines associated with serial impoundment of prairie streams

📸:male in spawning colors
@OKWildlifeDept @UCOBiology

Fishing therapy this evening on the fly rod catching #OklahomaFishes

Longear Sunfish from a central Oklahoma farm pond.

New phylogenomics work by @DaeminKim3 @TJNear places Longear in this region as Lepomis aquilensis

Here’s another Longnose Gar caught while surveying with backpack electrofishing.

Although Longnose Gar are common here, they are often difficult to catch with our survey gears.

Thanks to @OKWildlifeDept @UCOCMS @UCOBiology for support in conserving native #OklahomaFishes

Longnose Gar are fairly common #OklahomaFishes in a wide range of habitats. Right now you may see them congregating in streams and rivers for spawning.

This seine haul was a surprise in turbid waters, and fish were released quickly after a few photos to document.

Meet some of the faces behind our #OklahomaFishes posts!

Here are MS student Briant and soon-to-be MS student Kobe @KobeWhite505

unexpected “GARgantuan” seine haul (did I do that right @SolomonRDavid ?) while surveying for a rare minnows.

Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus

Awesome #OklahomaFishes

Slim Minnow, Pimephales tenellus

Pictured is a male in breeding color. Native to northeast OK, as well as portions of KS, MO, and AR. Not seen as often as it’s congeners!

@OKWildlifeDept @AmFisheriesSoc @Nanfa_Org

Another installment of #OklahomaFishes today!

Carmine Shiner, Notropis percobromus
(aka Rosyface Shiner)

A gorgeous minnow with hints of rosy reds during spring, the this minnow can be found from southern Canada (where it is considered threatened) southward to Arkansas.

Today’s #OklahomaFishes pic:

Spotted Bass, Micropterus punctulatus

Aka “Kentucky Spotted Bass”

Spotted Bass get a bad rap as an invasive, but within their native range are an important top predator and fun sport fish to target while fishing. #BlackBassDiversity