What kind if fish is this?

[Willy7o2]

I picked this little guy and another up August 2010 from the shallows in lake mead. They were only 2inchs at the time, doubled in size now... but I still can't figure out what they are. Can anyone look at pic and tell me what I have here?

thanks
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[TheWhizzle]

Pic isn't up - try posting again, k?
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[Willy7o2]

ok, trying to post pic again.
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[TheWhizzle]

That would be a [url "http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/greensunfish/tabid/6655/Default.aspx"]green sunfish[/url]
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[4poundonly]

How did you catch em?
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[Willy7o2]

Pretty cool looking fish. its gills glow green under the aquarium light.

was out fishing and my little cousin swam around and caught them in a bucket. He wanted to keep them, I couldn't make out what they were at the time, since they were mostly black. He couldn't take it home to LA, so I kept them in my tank w/ some blood parrots.

Now the colors turn up... I've never seen this before; I was hoping for a LMB.
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[syncityangler]

i caught some of those in my crawfish trap last year, they were cool, i shoulda brought them home and put them in a fish tank along with my sons pet crawfish also caught at the lake
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[vegaskid]

They totally have that cichlid look. I used to have a ton of South American cichlids and they all had that same glow lines in there cheeks. They look pretty cool. Thats some nice bucket work to catch those guys.
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[Willy7o2]

they are VERY aggressive. as small as they are, they actually try to bite my arm when we were in the shallows looking for them.
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