>
> > > I have never seen a fish so aggressive as the pumpkinseed sunfish.
> > [I guess you've never seen a green sunfish.]
>
> I would agree, the green is probably the most aggressive and adaptable
> sunfish, although dollar sunfish males can be very nasty, but usually only
> to species of similar coloration. And there is always that rogue in any
> species someone is "lucky" enough to get in their tank. For non true
> sunfish the greenXpumpkinseed hybrid surpasses the pure green sunfish in
> aggressiveness. In my experience pumpkinseeds were pretty docile, a little
> gill flaring and nipping, but no full blown scale peeling fin shredding
> going on with those fish.
>
> Ray
>
>
>
>
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