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[Ketchn]

Count the hard dorsal fin spines .... Whites have 5-6 Blacks have 7-8 .... Hybrid Cross would look like a White in shape with slightly off coloration patterns, but have the 7-8 dorsal spines of a Black.

have heard that many times , but this is something to consider when trying to evaluate if a fish is hybridized .
it would seem very likely to me that if hybridization occurred many many moons ago and was left to do its own thing and it only happened in a small degree way back when, then eventually some of those defining features might go back to where they began .
10 or 15 generations back might have been when it happened and after that the majority ruled and the defining characteristics of hybridization were simply put , "watered" down if you will ....
percentages on hybridizations are really interesting ,in plants and animals when this occurs , the offspring of said unions can have 99% of one of the parent's attributes and 1% of the other and vice versa and all points in between.
a hybrid offspring could look essentially totally one way or the other or a 50 50 thing and then on and on goes the mix of what might be the outcome of these types of events .
all the new dna findings these days indicate this if you follow them , many people have dna in them that suggests their lineage is NOT what they thought it was
skin color and markings do not always tell the tale and or the amount of dorsal spines, along with the body shapes and mouth sizes and etc etc etc .......
of course lil ole me is pretty clueless in many cases and then again sometimes not so much