Sparkie, I think your attempt at redefining Lepomis taxonomy is a noble effort. With many of the strains, your proposal has real merit. However, trying to bring a rigid, logical classification system to any group of individuals that contain a significant proportion of cyanellus genes is not likely to be successful, given the variable but always unfortunate phenotype which they ultimately produce.
Therefore, I humbly suggest the following changes:
GSF-Inferior Brim
HBG-Degenerated Brim
I admit to being perplexed as to why you consider PS to be potentially "socially unacceptable, or politically incorrect"; could they not be rather "Yankee Gussied Up Brim"?
