# Fishing Dopers -- what is an aunfish?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320 "2001-04-25T17:55:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/1 "2001-04-25T17:55:05Z")

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According to the [Massachusetts Wildlife](http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/dfwwach.htm) website:

"The five species caught [in a local reservoir] most often were:

Lake trout (6,200)  
Aunfish (5400)  
Yellow perch (4,400)  
Smallmouth bass (3,600)  
Largemouth bass (2200)"

Trout I know, and perch, and yes, bass, too; but what is an _aunfish_? I google-searched and things but found nothing.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/2 "2001-04-25T18:11:44Z")

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A typo for sunfish?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/3 "2001-04-25T18:34:12Z")

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Definitely a typo for Sunfish. There’s no such thing as an aunfish.

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**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/4 "2001-04-25T18:54:59Z")

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Here’s a link:

[Bluegill Sunfish](http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/projects/bgfish.htm)

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/5 "2001-04-25T19:03:36Z")

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Aun no he lo encontrado.

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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/6 "2001-04-25T19:43:37Z")

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Ah, yes. In retrospect, obvious. The _s_ right next to the _a_ on the qwertyboard.

I feel like such a dum-dum for not getting this right away.

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**Author:** ![Equality\_7-2521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@Equality\_7-2521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equality_7-2521)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-dopers-what-is-an-aunfish/63320/7 "2001-04-26T02:41:12Z")

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And the folks at google are scratching their heads wondering WTF an aunfish is…