Originally Posted by
hthoang
Good point. It has the mouth/head shape of a white. I hear there are hybrids caught from time to time.
It may well be a hybrid, however, hybrids have the same shape, spots and coloring as a black. They also have 7 dorsal spines like a black (whites have 6).
It takes a well-trained specialist or biological testing to distinguish between the two.
Link for more information on the subject:
http://aquaculture.ca.uky.edu/sites/...id_crappie.pdf
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