Florida Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,229
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico. It is known by a variety of regional names, such as the widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, largie, potter's fish, Florida bass or Florida largemouth, green bass, bucketmouth bass, green trout, growler, Gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass, southern largemouth, northern largemouth, Alabama bass or Alabama largemouth, marsh bass, and swamp bass. The largemouth bass, as it is known…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Largemouth bass”.