<<<That fish looks like a cross between a shellcracker and a punkinseed, a true punkinseed that size would have a large hump over its eyes.>>>

...a question about cross breeding? I understand the way a hybrid is derived...I've Googled that before. Maybe I should Google this too...whether ALL these various panfish/bream species may cross at some point? Will they? Can they?

I got into some gills today and caught a couple of these little guys (circled below and one enlarged). Mean little buggers and they have that super-sized mouth. I am guessing these are warmouths...the top one being very black and the bottom one colored quite differently but the same big jaws. Couple shellcrackers mixed in there too.