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

[BAFishBarn]

Yup. What both of them said. Never heard of "kibbies" here in Maine either. Bream or Brim is another term I hadn't heard of before visiting this site.

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I see bream and brim online but dont hear it in Oklahoma much. Here its perch

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[ClearCreek]

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.

This is an interesting thread.

SeaRay:

Scientists use the "scientific names" or the Latin name for species when they communicate with other scientists so there is no confusion as to what species they are referring to. A white crappie is a Pomoxis annularis in the United States or anywhere else in the world where they exist, and white crappie are members of the Centrarchidae or sunfish family.

I call fish species by the common proper names that is used in the area I grew up in (upper great plains), so I call them white crappie, black crappie, green sunfish, bluegill, walleye, sauger, channel catfish and so on.

The one thing I do not like is when people shorten a fishes name and call bluegill "gills" or walleye "eyes". To me, those are parts of a fish and not the name of a fish.

ClearCreek

[Rockhitter]

I call redear either shell crackers or strawberries.
Bluegill are just bluegill or gills.
When asked what I am fishing for I usually respond bream.

[wannabe fisherman]

I call redear either shell crackers or strawberries.
Bluegill are just bluegill or gills.
When asked what I am fishing for I usually respond bream.

when I'm asked what I'm fishing for I usually say "whatever I catch"

[SeaRay]

This is an interesting thread.

SeaRay:

Scientists use the "scientific names" or the Latin name for species when they communicate with other scientists so there is no confusion as to what species they are referring to. A white crappie is a Pomoxis annularis in the United States or anywhere else in the world where they exist, and white crappie are members of the Centrarchidae or sunfish family.

I call fish species by the common proper names that is used in the area I grew up in (upper great plains), so I call them white crappie, black crappie, green sunfish, bluegill, walleye, sauger, channel catfish and so on.

The one thing I do not like is when people shorten a fishes name and call bluegill "gills" or walleye "eyes". To me, those are parts of a fish and not the name of a fish.

ClearCreek

You are correct when it comes to biologist or scientist talking to each other. I was actually referring to the fishing charts that most state natural resources publish with picture and common names of either fresh or saltwater fish. Those long multi-syllable names are probably why us common folks started calling everything "Bream". LOL.

[Techno2000]

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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Around here the general term for sunfish is... perch.

[Techno2000]

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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We call crappie ..."sac-a-lait" (soc-co-lay) it's french for "sack of milk" it comes from the color and sweet flavor of the fish's flesh.

[Spoonminnow]

Steve Quinn, an In-Fisherman
editor, defines panfish quite broadly. He includes bluegills and
pumpkinseeds, crappie, white bass, yellow perch, and some bluegill
relatives down south “a number of these smaller species.”

its definition and usage varies with geographical region.

I've always thought panfish were anything other than catfish, pickerel, bass, carp, muskie and other species that can grow quite large (over 5 lbs.) Of course any fish if small enough can fit into a large frying pan after filleted which include bass, catfish, etc. Panfish can't be defined by lure size because even crappie will strike a large swimbait: