What do you call pan fish, sunfish, etc...

[BAFishBarn]

I know different regions call fish different things. In Oklahoma alot of people call all pan fish perch. Even though they are bluegill, sunfish, even crappie. Then I see people call them bream.

Me, I say crappie, lump all sunfish into bluegill and a perch is the actual fish species perch.

Just curious what others say

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[CrappiePappy]

I try and call them all by their proper names, but do tend to lump a lot of the sunfish species I'm not real familiar with as "bream" (like the Pumpkinseed, Longear Sunfish, Redbreast Sunfish, & Orange Spotted Sunfish).

Growing up I called (or actually "learned" to call) Freshwater Drum ..... White Perch and I heard Crappie called "Newlights" (but only by my Grandpa). I never actually used that nickname, myself.

[Don Fischer]

I like to call thing's by the real, or what I like to think is the real name. Hunter's have a bad habit of thinking up new cute names for about every thing. Can make it hard for a new guy to figure out what they are talking about. Get lost myself more than I like!

[deathb4disco]

Then I see people call them bream.

... I'm not real familiar with as "bream"

The word "bream" is used all over the world to describe local fish. (I believe it comes from a French word.)

There's a European bream and an Australian bream. Not sure about Africa and South America, but it's likely.

[wannabe fisherman]

when I catch enough of them I call them dinner

[SeaRay]

It gets worse when the scientist get it wrong, e.g., a Largemouth Bass(or any in that family) is actually in the sunfish family and a White Perch is actually in the true bass family along with the Striped and White Bass. No wonder we all get confused.

[vfourmax]

When I was a kid my dad called crappie "silvers".

I generally if ask what fish I am fishing for will just as a general term either say "gills" or "bream" for a general reference.

Will get more specific if actually talking about what I may be catching at a particular body of water.

[Ketchn]

I call em what the locals call em so nobody gets confused ...lol

[Osnola]

In Southeast Louisiana, Crappie = Sac a Last, all other except for Goggle Eye are Perch...Goggle Eye may be known to some as Warmouth while a Perch is a Bream, Sunfish, Bluegill, etc.

[jawjatek]

We call redear sunfish shellcrackers down south, or sometimes just 'crackers, but other than that I use the proper names of fish.