Rock bass

Rock bass

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Ambloplites
Species:
A. rupestris
Binomial name
Ambloplites rupestris
(Rafinesque, 1817)
Synonyms[3]
  • Bodianus rupestris Rafinesque, 1817
Rock bass distribution in the United States
Ambloplites rupestris
Ambloplites rupestris in a Quebec aquarium

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 Perciformes and can be distinguished from other similar species by the six spines in the anal fin (other sunfish have only three anal fin spines).[4]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Ambloplites rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202425A2744395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202425A2744395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Ambloplites rupestris". NatureServe Explorer. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ambloplipes rupestris". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. ^ "DNR - Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16.