Florida bass

Florida bass
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Micropterus
Species:
M. floridanus
Binomial name
Micropterus floridanus
(Lesueur, 1822)
Distribution map of the Florida bass. Yellow represents native and purple represents where it has been introduced.
Synonyms
  • Cichla floridana Lesueur, 1822
  • Micropterus salmoides floridanus (Lesueur, 1822)

The Florida bass (Micropterus floridanus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a black bass belonging to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Perciformes. It is found in the southeastern United States.

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