BRUCE -- Do you know what you said ? A female RES x BG is rare. I sure hope you have that fish alive if it is female. Think what Doc Frankenbruce could do with it wrt back crosses and fertility etc. \:o - \:o - -



HYBRIDIZATION OF FISHES IN NORTH AMERICA
(FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE)
by

W.F. CHILDERS


Sexually mature F1 hybrids were collected from each population and sexed. Of the 10 kinds of viable F1 hybrids, seven were predominately males (RB, BR, and BG were 97 percent males; ....


That is akin to Bill noticing and Shorty finding the elusive female HBG.

George in one study they consistently and repeatedly produced BG X RES crosses in small swimming pools IIRC by placing BG (one gender) with RES (other gender).

Last edited by ewest; 05/17/08 08:15 AM.