Rock Bass
Ambloplites rupestris
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,343
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America. This red-eyed fish is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes and can be distinguished from other similar species by the six spines in the anal fin (other sunfish have only three anal fin spines).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rock bass”.