>>1527238>the only sunfish we have where I am are redbelly and pumpkinseedHere it's mostly pumpkinseeds and some bluegill. People, other than kids, don't tend to deliberately fish for either one AFAIK. I've heard pumpkinseeds, in particular, derided as "cunt covers."
>note there isn't a white band around the earI think there might be some white at the top (it isn't always contiguous all the way around). It's hard to tell. At the very least I'll admit it's not prominent.
>>1527239>we can see of the dorsal on his lacks the blotchy pattern of the pumpkinseed and is instead unmarked and transparentTrue, but see pic related. The blotches can be pretty indistinct, and also that area is not in sharp focus.
It could well be a hybrid, but without knowing I would tend to just chalk it up to variation.
