Sunfish dancing
- Thread starter Anthony Nolet
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Pretty much any sunfish in the Lepomis genus can hybridize with each other so yeah you'll get some hybrid fry if the surviv, which they probably won't with a catfish in the tank. For most Lepomis sunfish, males tend to be bigger and brighter colored than females who are smaller and duller.
The hybrid is in a tank with other small sunfish and no catfish. The bluegill is in a different tank with the catfish
yup. there's a newer vid in the just because thread.
not weird in the slightest. from what I've read, male sunnies tend to arrive at the mating grounds first, then the fems come in and choose the fish/nest she likes best. he's making the nest waiting for the ladies.
Depends on what species that made this hybrid they may be fertile or not. Unfortunately pumpkinseed x green hybrids are usually infertile. Males of hybrids in the nature will never successfully wooed a female sunfish and they will spending many days guarding of an empty nest with no eggs in it. This is the nature way to slow down the hybridization.
