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| Scientific Name | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) |
| Common Names | Rock Bass Goggle Eye, Redeye Bass |
| Type Locality | Lakes of New York, Vermont, Canada, etc. |
| Synonym(s) | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris, Bodianus rupestris, Centrarchus pentacanthus, Cichla aenea, Icthelis enythrops, Lepomis ictheloides |
| Etymology | Ambloplites: Greek, ambloo = blunt + Greek, oplites = shield. rupestris=living among the rocks. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 430mm or 16.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to northern Georgia, northern Alabama and Missouri (native only to Meramec River) in the USA. Introduced to Europe. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011. |
| Temperature | 10.0-29.0°C or 50-84.2°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 2), pp 120. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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 | Look up A. rupestris on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up A. rupestris on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:3.75.1094.5844 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:50 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 11:53) |