redear sunfish

[ red-eer ]

/ ˈrɛdˌɪər /

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noun

a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.

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Also called redear shellcracker.

Origin of redear sunfish

First recorded in 1945–50; red¹ + ear¹

Leatherback turtles, opah, and large numbers of ocean sunfish have been reported off Washington.
Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something?|Kevin Bailey|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I plowed through a couple hundred suspects, throwing back mere centimillionaires the way pro bass fishermen discard sunfish.
Forbes' Rich Get Richer|Randall Lane|September 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Then all of a sudden the blue and yellow floater went under and little Hepzebiah caught a sunfish, too.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
After the Toyman had taken the sunfish from the hook and put another worm on it, he threw the line back into the water.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson

The orangespotted sunfish was found in every stream surveyed, although only one specimen was taken from the Arkansas River.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
At the uppermost pool (G-17) only small green sunfish were found.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
When the time comes, the sunfish makes its nest in the fine gravel, building it with some care—for a fish.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various