Originally Posted By: Turtlemtn
So rock bass and warmouth are both in the sunfish family, but they are in different genuses. So they can't interbreed or hybridize. But I think the main reason people may confuse one for the other is their superficial similarity in appearance.


Count the rigid spines on the anal fin. RB will have 5-6, while WM will usually have 3.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.