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	AllRefer.com - sunfish (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Common eastern varieties are the rock bass, the bluegill and green sunfishes, and the long-eared and common, or pumpkinseed, sunfishes, brilliantly colored with bright orange bellies.
		The redear and warmouth sunfishes are found in the Mississippi basin; the spotted sunfish, or stumpknocker, is a denizen of the South.
		The totally unrelated ocean sunfish, or headfish, Mola mola, of the family Molidae, is allied to the puffer.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/sunfish.html (359 words)

	Sunfish family
		The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is so-called because of its habit of lying at the surface almost motionless, apparently sunning itself.
		The ocean sunfishes rank with the sturgeons as the largest of the bony fishes, with the blue marlin, fl marlin, and the bluefin tuna not far behind.
		The delta effect you mention is achieved by the high, posterior dorsal and anal fins and the absence of a caudal (or tail) fin, this last being replaced by a posterior cartilaginous keel that serves as a rudder.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /support/lib/seas/seasQA/QAs/s/sunfish.html (2008 words)

	Sunfish
		Sunfish steamed to Midway for a refit period from 1 to 19 August.
		Sunfish was in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard from 7 May to 31 July for an overhaul and returned to Pearl Harbor on 9 August.
		Sunfish remained out of commission, in reserve, until she was struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1960.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s20/sunfish-i.htm (1124 words)

	The Sunfish of New York
		Sunfish are found in most waters in the state, fight hard when hooked, and taste delicious.
		Sunfish are small- to medium-sized fish with a single anal (bottom rear fin) and a two-part dorsal (back) fin.
		The redbreast sunfish is confined to the eastern portion of the state and is of lesser importance to New York State anglers.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/sunfitxt.html (2633 words)

	NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Sunfish
		The sunfish is one of the most widespread and abundant freshwater fish species in New Jersey.
		Anyone who has walked along the edge of a pond during this spawning period is familiar with the gravel nests cleared by male sunfish for the female to deposit her eggs in.
		Sunfish can be successfully fished for year round, but the months of May-October, when water temperatures are between 60-80 degrees, seem to be the most productive.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/fgw/fish_sunfish.htm (743 words)

	USS SUNFISH (SSN-649) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		SUNFISH put to sea on 22 January 1971 to participate in a short fleet exercise, but operational commitments were changed and she did not return to port until 9 March.
		SUNFISH departed Charleston, on 3 January 1972, for the Mediterranean and a tour of duty with the 6th Fleet.
		SUNFISH was decommissioned as a unit of the United States Atlantic Fleet on 31 March 1997.
	home.earthlink.net /~geflynn/sunfish.htm (620 words)

	Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sunfishes are often seen at the surface where they may be mistaken for sharks, because of the large dorsal fin.
		Characters that help separate this species from the other four members of the family are the number of ossicles and the presence of a definite line at the posterior end of the body where the denticles on the skin change from extremely coarse to very fine.
		The Ocean Sunfish belongs to the family Molidae and is one of four species recorded from New South Wales waters.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/mola.htm (485 words)

	PA Fishes Chapter 22 Sunfishes
		Others in the sunfish family include the fl crappie and white crappie (genus Pomoxis), the rock bass (genus Ambloplites), the mud sunfish (genus Acantharchus), and the little sunfishes of the genus Enneacanthus, which are the flbanded, bluespotted and banded sunfish.
		The sunfish family (with one non-Pennsylvania exception) was originally confined to the fresh waters of North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
		Because of overlapping spawning habitat and behavior, it is not unusual for sunfishes, especially of the genus Lepomis, to hybridize.
	sites.state.pa.us /PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/pafish/fishhtms/chap22.htm (5300 words)

	Bluespotted sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The bluespotted sunfish ranges from southern New York, along the Atlantic coast to the southern part of peninsular Florida, and west along the gulf coast to the Florida Panhandle.
		Bluespotted sunfish are also resident in Jamesville Reservoir (east of Syracuse) where it was either stocked prior to the 20th Century or remained as a post-glacial relict population.
		The bluespotted sunfish lives in slow-moving streams and standing waters where dense aquatic vegetation is present, and this species is also found in darkly-stained waters with extensive areas of silty substrate and decaying vegetation.
	fish.dnr.cornell.edu /nyfish/Centrarchidae/bluespotted.html (194 words)

	Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola
		The ocean sunfish has an oval body that is flat and covered with thick, leathery, scaleless skin protected by a layer of mucous.
		To eat, the ocean sunfish will slurp in food through its beak, shred the food to pieces, spit it out, and then repeat the process until the food is small enough for it to swallow.
		Ocean sunfish are the most fertile of saltwater fish, being able to lay up to 300 000 000 eggs at a time.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/tetra/oceansunfish.html (584 words)

	ACE Basin Species Gallery: Redbreast Sunfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Redbreast sunfish are close relatives of well-known fish species such as the large- and small mouth basses, bluegill, and crappie, all of which are members of the family Centrarchidae.
		Sunfish are common in the upper flwater reaches of all rivers and streams in the ACE Basin.
		Similar to most sunfish, redbreast sunfish are sight feeders and capture food either by lying in wait and making a sudden lunge or by actively foraging along the bottom.
	www.dnr.state.sc.us /marine/mrri/acechar/specgal/sunfish.htm (659 words)

	SUNFISH - Online Information article about SUNFISH
		short sunfish (O. mola), which is found in all seas of the temperate and tropical zones; and the smaller and scarcer smooth or oblong sunfish (O. truncatus), of which only a small number of specimens have been obtained from the See also:
		This is due to the extreme shortening of the caudal region which is sup-ported by only a few short vertebrae; the caudal fin is absent, what appears to be a tail being formed by the confluence of dorsal and ventral fins: pelvic fins are also wanting.
		Sunfishes are truly pelagic, propagating their species in the Sunfish (Orthagoriscus mola).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/SUNFISH.html (745 words)

	Sunfish Family (Centrarchidae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Members of the sunfish family are generally deep-bodied and compressed laterally, which provides them with a round and thin "pancake-like" appearance.
		For example, the sunfish dorsal fin (located on the "top" or back of a fish) is divided into spiny and soft-rayed sections, and the front section of the anal fin has three or more spines.
		All sunfish are nest builders, and their saucer-shaped nests can be frequently observed along the shoreline of ponds, lakes and streams in late spring.
	fish.dnr.cornell.edu /nyfish/Centrarchidae/sunfish.html (349 words)

	Sunfish biology and identification: Minnesota DNR
		Identifying and distinguishing sunfish is complicated by frequent hybridization.
		The green sunfish is common in many lakes throughout the state and thrives in creeks.
		The green sunfish usually is far smaller than pumkinseed or bluegill, though hybridization with the larger species produces larger fish.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /fish/sunfish/biology.html (1401 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide
		Sunfish can choke as they try to swallow the bags, or slowly starve as the plastic clogs their stomach.
		Sunfish sometimes bask at the surface and occasionally jump from the water.
		Sunfish have the shortest spinal cord of any fish—a seven-foot sunfish has a spinal cord less than one inch (2.5 cm) long.
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=130 (366 words)

	Red Ear Sunfish
		Redear sunfish are distinguished from bluegill, pumpkinseed and other sunfish by the fl ear flap atop the gill cover, which features a bright red (male) or orange (female) coloring around the entire edge.
		Redear sunfish are native to the eastern half of the United States, from South Carolina to Texas in the south, and from southern Illinois east to the Atlantic Coast in the north.
		Redear sunfish relate to the bottom structure of the lake or river they inhabit and thrive in water with an abundance of cover from aquatic vegetation or submerged trees.
	grandfishingreport.com /pgs/lakeinfo/species/redearsunfish/redearsunfish.htm (716 words)

	Green sunfish - Discover The Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Green sunfish have the deep and slender body typical of the bluegill, redear, pumpkinseed and other sunfish, but they are slightly thicker than others.
		Green sunfish can be distinguished from other sunfish by their noticeably larger head and mouth, body thickness, as well as the fl and bright yellow or orange trimming on their fins.
		Green sunfish have a wide distribution range, and are native to the central plains of North America between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains, from Ontario, Canada and New York in the north to the Gulf Coast and northern Mexico in the south.
	www.dto.com /fwfishing/species/species.jsp?stateid=40&speciesid=312&waterid=876 (807 words)

	Longear Sunfish Fact Sheet
		The longear sunfish is a small, thin, deep-bodied fish that averages 4-4.5 inches in length.
		The longear sunfish is very colorful, with an olive to rusty-brown back, bright orange belly and blue-green bars on the sides of the head.
		Male longear sunfish remain with the nest to care for and protect the eggs and young.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/lngersun.html (336 words)

	SAILING, SAILFISH, SUPER SAILFISH, SUNFISH, SAILBOAT
		Sunfish came into being in 1952, 1953, or 1954.
		Heyniger designed the famous Sunfish Logo by putting a nickel on a piece of paper and drawing a circle around it and adding a tail, mouth, fins and eye to the circle.
		I hope i'm not bothering you with this, but I am trying to research the sunfish that was given to my dad over 30 years ago and was old then.
	www.geocities.com /fodellus/sunfishhistory.html (974 words)

	Sunfish Works! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Founded in December 2000, Sunfish Ltd. is a privately owned, fully integrated software development and consulting organization which evolved from the visions and professional experience of its co-founders – RUP experts, project managers, IT Quality Assurance specialists, IT marketing specialists and financial market analysts.
		The core members of the Sunfish team brought together their experience in the IT industry varying from small website development projects, through IT consulting, to the development of some of the best IT and web solutions in the respective fields of business.
		Sunfish is always on the search for motivated persons in the fields of software development, consulting, project and account management.
	www.sun-fish.com (210 words)

	Sunfish, Mola mola (British Marine Life Study Society)
		If you approach a sunfish lying on or near the surface slowly in a small boat it is possible to pick it up and take it into the boat.
		Sunfish are seen off the coast of Penwith each year, the earliest is usually in July.
		Having just watched 'The Blue Planet', I was fascinated to see the Sunfish 'inviting' a type of moonfish to clean off their parasites, and then allowing gulls to perform a similar service, as their bills can reach the places where the fish teeth can't.
	www.glaucus.org.uk /Sunfish.htm (5545 words)

	Green Sunfish
		Green sunfish are colored a bluish-green with emerald and yellow iridescence.
		Frequently, green sunfish have a fl spot near the end of the dorsal and anal fins.
		Green sunfish appear to have no preference for a particular bottom type, but they are usually associated with some type of structure such as brush, vegetation, or rocks.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/grnsnfsh.htm (273 words)

	Sunfishes
		The sunfish family represents a taxonomic group of spiny rayed fishes that are native only to the North American continent.
		Smallmouth bass are most abundant in streams, largemouth prefer quiet waters of lakes and large rivers, crappie are found in both moderate to large-sized lakes and streams, green and orange-spotted sunfishes are found nearly everywhere, and bluegills prefer lakes, ponds and the backwaters of large rivers.
		Most sunfishes are very alert to terrestrial insects or other food items falling on the water surface and will instantly rush to the scene with the first arrival engulfing the food.
	www.iowadnr.com /fish/iafish/sunfish.html (444 words)

	Sunfish (Bream) Species in Alabama.
		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 one of the prettiest fish caught by anglers in Alabama.
		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 fl.
	www.dcnr.state.al.us /fishing/freshwater/fish/bream (463 words)

	Ocean Sunfish
		Ocean sunfish are gentle, slow-moving giants residing in tropical or temperate oceans all over the world.
		There are sunfish in oceans and there are sunfish in rivers and lakes.
		As big as ocean sunfish are, they still have enemies and they must try to stay away from great white sharks, killer whales (or orcas), and sea lions.
	www.edhelper.com /AnimalReadingComprehension_119_1.html (686 words)

	Anchor Dock and Lift Products - Vanguard Sunfish Sailboat
		The sunfish is the most popular boat ever produced.
		Millions of people have learned to sail and enjoy the water on the Sunfish.
		Sunfish have explored quiet coves, planed across lakes, and sailed in big ocean swells.
	anchor-dock.com /sunfish.htm (61 words)

	Redear Sunfish
		IDENTIFICATION: Redear are a deep, slab-sided fish similar to the bluegill, except the ear flap is fl with a red or orange margin; fl blotch at the base of the dorsal fin is absent.
		RANGE AND HABITAT: Redear sunfish are not native to Ohio, but have been stocked in state waters since 1931.
		Redear sunfish are attracted to submerged vegetation and trees, hence the name "stumpknocker." Following spawning, redear tend to move offshore to deeper water.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/redear.htm (276 words)

	Mud Sunfish Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The mud sunfish is a small fish that rarely exceeds 6.5 inches in length.
		Mud sunfish spawn in the spring and males prepare nests.
		The mud sunfish occurs in lowland streams and bogs from southern New York to northern Florida.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/mudsunfi.html (233 words)

	Larval Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		At this small size the Ocean Sunfish has a primordial tail fin, a large pectoral fin and body spines.
		The Ocean Sunfish at 1.84mm looks quite unlike the adult fish, and more like the pufferfishes and boxfishes to which it is related.
		By the time the fish has reached this size, the body spines are much less prominent, the body is deeper and more compressed, and the beak-like teeth and clavus have developed.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/molalav.htm (204 words)

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