While I think Matt's 2 HBG above both have BG genetics my guess is that they are very different with the remaining cross genetics. I think he provided they came from 2 sources.

The BG shape is similar but the background pattern is not and the colors are not. The second one looks like a standard issue HBG (BG X GSF) like several shown above. The first HBG pic above has a background pattern like a redbreast hybrid , or some RES. I would bet that it has a much lower % GSF than the second fish. If I recall Matt has posted several lepomis mixes here and each one looks different.

See this thread for our prior discussion.

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000143;p=1#000000

[img]http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A975523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D847%3D556%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B34%3A57766ot1lsi[/img]

Some of his pics from the thread are gone but this one remains.

[img]http://images1.snapfish.com/34733756%3B%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D847%3D556%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B34%3A57766ot1lsi[/img]


Look at this link of the different lepomis types especially the redbreast and hybrid and the RES.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/centrarchidae.html