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Scientific Name
Micropterus salmoides
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)
Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (CHOH)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
LARGEMOUTH BASS
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassActinopterygii
ClassTeleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderPercoidei
FamilyCentrarchidae
GenusMicropterus
SpeciesMicropterus salmoides
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Reasly, 2004
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Introduced into the Potomac drainage sometime after 1874. Native to the Great Lakes, St Lawrence and Mississippi basins and the Gulf and south Atlantic slopes. Widely transplanted elsewhere.; Data Source: Jenkins & Burkhead, 1993 Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: By definition, this species was not introduced as part of the park's mission. Rather, they occur there naturally having been introduced elswhere in the drainage at some point in the past.
Abundance
Unknown
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
37
References
8
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
MTK-NCR
Created Date
8/17/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Geoff Sanders
Last Modified Date
9/6/2007 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Reasly, 2004
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