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Rock Basses
Ambloplites
Ambloplites is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes. The type species is A. rupestris, the rock bass, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the rock basses.
The various Ambloplites species, which grow to a maximum overall length of 30–43 cm (12–17 in) and a maximum weight of 0.45–1.4 kg (0.99–3.09 lb), depending on species, are native to a region extending from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to the lower Mississippi River basin in the United States.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Rock Bass
speciesAmbloplites rupestris
Shadow Bass
speciesAmbloplites ariommus
Ozark Bass
speciesAmbloplites constellatus
Roanoke Bass
speciesAmbloplites cavifrons
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58638.