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The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. [4] It is the type species of its genus Micropterus (black basses), and is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking —as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water ...
Micropterus is a genus of North American freshwater fish collectively known as the black bass, which belong to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Perciformes. They are sometimes erroneously called "black trout", but the name trout more correctly refers to certain potamodromous members of the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes ).
Bass (/ b æ s /; pl.: bass) is a generic common name shared by many species of ray-finned fish from the large clade Percomorpha, mainly belonging to the orders Perciformes and Moroniformes, encompassing both freshwater and marine species.
The spotted bass also has small black spots below the lateral line unlike either the large or smallmouth bass. Juveniles often resemble the young smallmouth bass in having a broad band of orange at the base of the tail, followed by a broad black band and white edge. The spotted bass is known to hybridize with the smallmouth, which sometimes ...
Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Centrarchiformes, native only to North America.There are eight universally included genera within the centrarchid family: Lepomis (true sunfishes), Micropterus (black basses), Pomoxis (), Enneacanthus (banded sunfishes), Centrarchus (type genus, consisting solely of the flier C ...
Smallmouth bass: Micropterus dolomieu: Cool, clear, rocky streams with moderate flow, deep reservoirs Spotted bass: Micropterus punctulatus: Warm creeks and rivers with pools, deep reservoirs Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: Slow moving streams, farm ponds, lakes, reservoirs White crappie: Pomoxis annularis: Lakes, reservoirs, large ...
New York’s smallmouth bass record has been reset several times and could have been again last year when Thomas Russell of Albion caught a 9-pounder during a Cayuga Lake tournament. Russell, who ...
Common name Scientific name Picture Status Lampreys. Petromyzontiformes (order) Petromyzontidae (family) ... Smallmouth bass: Micropterus dolomieu: LC: Largemouth bass: