Thanks Tony!

The one thing that threw me (among many things that throw me) about the hybrid is it has a translucent border to the opercular tab. It does not show up in the picture very well and it not only is the GSF'y translucent orange but it also has black pigment mixed in the border (which makes it especially not show up in the picture like it does in real life). The first picture faintly shows it best.

The mottled cheeks sure made me think there might be some RES involved. That is the only original stocked (I assume it is an original stocker by the size) hybrid that I recall looked like that one. The thirty or so others that I have caught look like traditional BG/GSF.


Last edited by snrub; 06/25/16 08:39 AM.

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