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Scientific Name | Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) |
Common Names | Spotted Bass Spotted Black Bass |
Type Locality | Ohio River, at falls, U.S.A. |
Pronunciation | My crop ter uss |
Etymology | From the Greek micro (small) and pteron (fin or wing). |
Species Information | |
Size | 635mm or 25" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | North America: Mississippi River basin from southern Ohio and West Virginia to southeastern Kansas, and south to the Gulf of Mexico, USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Chattahoochee in Georgia to Guadalupe River in Texas, USA. Introduced in southern Africa and has become established in several isolated water bodies. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2012. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding | Unreported in captivity. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 88, pp 420. |
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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Last Update | 2017 Aug 15 15:16 (species record created: 2014 Aug 15 11:44) |