Male A
Male B
Name a price, I won't ask a specific one. Consider it a tip for my efforts in driving out there, sitting by the river for 2 hours in the 90 degree heat trying to catch them, and keeping them alive/quarantined for a month. Barbless hooks were used to catch them and their mouths have since fully healed.
These are breeding sized males (around 3.5" and roughly 2-3 years old). May be finicky with feeding in a new tank but very quickly gets on dry food. These are smaller than the average longear and get about 6".
Pictured below is another one I caught after being in a tank for about 2 years:
They'll eat just about anything you feed, and they're good with fish they can't eat. Does not hold their own well against things more aggressive than them though. They also do not need a heater and can be kept outside.
Despite what the USGS and other maps may say, these are a naturally occurring population. It is believed that the last glacial maximum allowed for the Potomac to connect to the upper Ohio river for a time, allowing that population of "longears" to move into the Potomac drainage. This is further evidenced by the fact that genetically, these are actually naturally occurring hybrids of central longears (L. megalotis) and northern sunfish (L. peltastes). Populations of "longear" along the northern border of megalotis' range show some form of admixture in their genomes, with the Potomac population being no different-- in fact the samples taken from the Potomac showed more genetic influence from peltastes.
Male B
Name a price, I won't ask a specific one. Consider it a tip for my efforts in driving out there, sitting by the river for 2 hours in the 90 degree heat trying to catch them, and keeping them alive/quarantined for a month. Barbless hooks were used to catch them and their mouths have since fully healed.
These are breeding sized males (around 3.5" and roughly 2-3 years old). May be finicky with feeding in a new tank but very quickly gets on dry food. These are smaller than the average longear and get about 6".
Pictured below is another one I caught after being in a tank for about 2 years:
They'll eat just about anything you feed, and they're good with fish they can't eat. Does not hold their own well against things more aggressive than them though. They also do not need a heater and can be kept outside.
Despite what the USGS and other maps may say, these are a naturally occurring population. It is believed that the last glacial maximum allowed for the Potomac to connect to the upper Ohio river for a time, allowing that population of "longears" to move into the Potomac drainage. This is further evidenced by the fact that genetically, these are actually naturally occurring hybrids of central longears (L. megalotis) and northern sunfish (L. peltastes). Populations of "longear" along the northern border of megalotis' range show some form of admixture in their genomes, with the Potomac population being no different-- in fact the samples taken from the Potomac showed more genetic influence from peltastes.
