Fish Fan - the fish in your picture immediately above is of pure strain BG not a HBG. On you fish note the
completely dark ear flap with no lighten or color margin along or around the back margin. HBG always have some sort of lighter margin or colored rear margin on the ear flap. Look closely at all the ear flaps of all the pictures of HBG in the link.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=256325#Post256325Sprkplug - Remember all we are initially looking for is an
average length weight relationship that we can apply to HBG in general. The current standard weight tables for the fish species are averages of thousands of fish from numerous habitat types with different food sources.
One problem we will have with this project is assuming all the participants will be able to accurately recognize a HBG. The data will no doubt contain various combinations of sunfish hybrids. However I think for 'starters' we just need to get a generalized data set for HBG that contains fed and unfed fish. Then later we can focus on separating the different forms or types of HBG. Initially it will help if the measurements can be separated into pellet fed and unfed fish.
A HBG that lives in a food shortage high competition pond will always be thinner bodied than a HBG that lives in a pond full of natural foods.
