Originally Posted By: Bruce Condello
FWIW, one thing that I find particularly compelling about these pictures is the PS X RES looks to me exactly like a pure RES.

I rarely deem to argue with the Master, but I find the red opercule border less extensive than on a pure RES - more like the little dab of red on a PS. And to me, the side pattern on a pure RES is almost organized into vertical bars. The side pattern on the PSxRES appears completely disorganized.

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Maybe just more evidence of the similarity between these two species.

For sure, as called out by ewest's Centrarchidae Family Tree:


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