• INHS genetic testing confirms new Illinois state-record crappie was a hybrid

    Apr 26, 2017 10:00 am by tlbarker@illinois.eduNatural History Survey

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    “INHS was excited to be able to assess Ryan's massive slab crappie,” said INHS conservation biologist Mark Davis. "The genetics show that the mother of the record fish was a black crappie, while the father was either a white or a hybrid crappie.”