Pond And Saltwater Fish At My Local Zoo

[dthoffsett]

I went to the zoo Tuesday and of course took way too many pics. I though you all might enjoy some pics of a decently sized saltwater tank, and one of the ponds.

I also have another topic in the non-fish photo section if you guys want to see the rest of the animals.
Around 80 pics

Saltwater Tank

Pond fish of some sort, anybody know what species?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Some type of Sunfish??

 

[ox5477]

Some type of Sunfish??

thats what I was thinking.

 

[dthoffsett]

Some type of Sunfish??

thats what I was thinking.

One of the guys I work with who fishes a lot thought they looked like some kind of carp, not sure if that's the same as a sunfish, I suck as id'ing food fish.

 

[ox5477]

From the top, it does look a little like a carp body style with it being elongated and not too heavy set through the mid-section, but in the first pic of them, you can see one or two with the head pointed straight at the camera and I don't think carp have such "tall" body shapes like this. Thats why I said maybe it's some type of fish in the sunfish species family or close to it...

 

[millym]

nice pics!

 

[guppy_man]

Deffinetley not a carp of any sort, more likely to be a species of sunfish like you suggested.

 

[paul_219]

What ever they are but they are looking gr8. WOnderful.

 

[PRW1988]

the pond fish look like pumpkin seeds, a common sunfish subspecies.

 

[dthoffsett]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments and the id of the pond fish.