This thread, and a few very similar ones posted recently, only serve to illustrate just how confusing the world of lepomis crosses can be. Trying to arrive at an accurate pedigree from a few online photos is tough. Adding in the fact that different folks see different things in the same photo, allowing for geography, age of the fish, water clarity where the fish was caught, time of year, and the natural diversity among individuals of the same species, and the notion of "pure" gets awfully farfetched.
In addition to what you said Tony, I have found that one of my fish has certain features that I think will make good discussion so I take a picture to post. Then when I get the picture downloaded and look at it again the features that seemed so prominent viewing the fish live do not seem to be so certain in the picture. This has happened to me several times. I'm sure a fish is xxxxxx. Then I view the picture and am not so sure.
