Red ear X Crappie cross?

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Mudfrog

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So this year we have had a lot of what appears to be a Red Ear x Crappie cross pop up. They get larger than a typical Red Ear, I caught a couple in the 10-11" range. Their body shape is very similar to a Crappie (longer face / body) but the fins are layed out like a typical sunfish and they have the marking that a Red Ear has (the red / orange ear). I'll try to snap a pic tonight but anyone know if it could be that or maybe something else?
 
sunfishs cross so much its kinda hard to tell with out a pic
 
Sounds more like a green sunfish hybrid to me. I don't know of any crappie hybrids... A pic would be nice though.
 
Looking at some pics I guess it's an actual Red Ear.. I was comparing it to a site that used a drawing and it looks nothing like it. Google images shows ones that look a lot closer. I'll try to snap a pic of a big one though.
 
Sorry. I love this picture.

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Crappie cant hybridize with Sunfish....Pomoxis and Lepomis are not closely related enough.. White and black crappie do readily hybridize where their populations occur in the same body of water though..
 
I read an old article that talked about lab created hybrids of largemouth x black crappie and largemouth x bluegill. Never seen pics and dont think its possible in the wild, but in a lab it could be done.
 
MultispeciesTamer;4370545; said:
I read an old article that talked about lab created hybrids of largemouth x black crappie and largemouth x bluegill. Never seen pics and don't think its possible in the wild, but in a lab it could be done.
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Micro x Lepomis do produce offspring, but I've never once heard of a crappie/bass hybrid..Until I see published/confirmed reports I will stick to my guns with it being not possible
 
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