Florida bass | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Centrarchidae |
Genus: | Micropterus |
Species: | M. salmoides
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Binomial name | |
Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802)
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Distribution map of the Florida bass. Yellow represents native and purple represents where it has been introduced. | |
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The Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides) 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.