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Common Name: green sunfish x bluegill
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Childers (1967).
Size: 0.55 kg.
Native Range: Not applicable.
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Recorded in Colorado (D. Horak, personal communication); Delaware (Raasch and Altemus 1991); Illinois; Indiana; Kansas (B. Burr, personal communication); Mississippi (International Game Fish Association 1994); Missouri (B. Burr, personal communication); Nebraska (Jones 1963); Oklahoma (B. Burr, personal communication); and South Dakota (North Dakota Game and Fish Department 1994).
Means of Introduction: Either intentionally stocked as a sport fish or occurs as the result of stocking one or both parent species in an area.
Status: Established in Delaware. Reported from other states mentioned above.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: These hybrids are capable of reproducing and backcrossing. Most progeny from such unions are males (92--97%) (Raasch and Altemus 1991).
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 11/13/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Lepomis cyanellus x L. macrochirus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=381> Revision Date: 11/13/2003
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