I have speckle belly in 2 of my ponds, that I got from malone, and that is what they look like when very young. When they get older they get much blacker. I also have Red ear coppernose hybrids in both ponds and they did it (hybrid) on there own. They are speckled too but much lighter and more yellow. Very cool fish. I do not see green sunfish in that photo.
