The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is busy this spring stocking many of New Jersey's lakes and ponds with thousands of unique species of fish. But it's not with anglers in mind ...

Figure 1: Bluegills (Lepomis macro-chirus) have small mouths and oval-shaped, almost rounded, bodies. Figure 2 Figure 3: Close-up image of the same fish in Fig. 2 .

"Fishes of the Chicago Region," a guide to fishes of the Chicago region by Francis Veraldi, Stephen Pescitelli and Philip Willink (University of Chicago Press), will be formally released on June 3.

Lepomis auritus See more items in Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Taxonomy Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Perciformes, Percoidei, Centrarchidae ...

Lepomis macrochirus purpurescens See more items in Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Taxonomy Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Perciformes, Percoidei ...