Green Sunfish-Hocking River Drainage, Ohio

This is a species I've encountered quite frequently throughout the course of this megalotis/peltastes project. They tend to proliferate in degraded steams, so usually seeing large numbers of them isn't the best sign when looking for more sensitive species. This river system has gone through a lot of anthropogenically influenced stress over the past couple years, and therefore failed to produce any of the target species (Lepomis megalotis, which is rather sensitive to silt and degraded stream conditions) on this day. Since they were so common, I decided to photograph this larger individual, just for fun. Perhaps I can find a nice spawning male next year.