Stripes on pumpkinseed are variable and if present, are often more apparent on larger individuals. The "hybrids" at North Shore Fish Farm may not be controlled hybrid crosses where specific male specie and female specie parents are stocked into a pond. "Mutt" hybrids would be any hybrid cross that occurs in a mixed population of PS and RES.


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