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Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [4] African tigerfish: Hydrocynus vittatus: Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet ...
Florida: Florida largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus floridanus: 2007 [11] Atlantic sailfish (salt water) Istiophorus albicans: 2007 [12] Georgia: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1970 [13] Southern Appalachian brook trout (cold water game fish) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2006 [14] [15] Red drum (salt-water fish) Sciaenops ocellatus ...
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There are over 700 terrestrial animals, 200 freshwater fish species, 1,000 marine fish and thousands of terrestrial insects and other invertebrates that inhabit the state. [2] Florida's peninsular geography spans from subtropical to tropical zones, which, combined with its distinctive geology and climate, contribute to habitat diversity and an ...
The Florida bass was first formally described in 1822 as Cichla floridana by the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur with the type locality given as Eastern Florida. It was considered to be conspecific with the largemouth bass (M. nigricans), albeit as a subspecies, however, more recently it has been treated as a valid species.
It is the largest species of the black bass, with a maximum recorded length of 29.5 inches (75 cm) and an unofficial weight of 25 pounds 1 ounce (11.4 kg). The largemouth bass is the state fish of Georgia [8] and Mississippi, [9] and the state freshwater fish of Florida [10] and Alabama.