Micropterus dolomieu

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Common Names

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Description

Family Centrarchidae

Distribution: North America. Anal spines at least 3. Pseudobranch small and hidden. Branchiostegal rays 5-7. Separate gill membranes . To about 83 cm maximum length (reported for Micropterus salmoides). Mostly nest builders. Nest building and guarding done by the male. Valued as sports fish and used in physiological and ecological experiments. Introduced into many areas outside native range .The family Centrarchidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 8 genera and 27 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is labriform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 50° n to 25° s and 114° w to 65° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kentron = thorn, sting + Greek, archos = anus

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits shallow rocky areas of lakes , clear and gravel-bottom runs and flowing pools of rivers , cool flowing streams and reservoirs fed by such streams.

Typically found in water with a depth of -5,095 to 0 meters (-16,716 to 0 feet).[1]

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Biology

Diet

Young feed on plankton and immature aquatic insects while adults take in crayfish, fishes , and aquatic and terrestrial insects (Refs. 1998; 44091). Sometime cannibalistic[2].

Behavior

Predators:

Preyed upon by fishes and turtles[3].

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Bodianus achigan Rafinesque, 1817
2. Centrarchus fasciatus (Lesueur, 1822)
3. Cichla fasciata Lesueur, 1822
4. Cichla minima Lesueur, 1822
5. Micropterus dolomieu dolomieu Lacep�de, 1802
6. Micropterus dolomieu Lac épède, 1802
7. Micropterus dolomieu Lacep ède, 1802
8. Micropterus dolomieui dolomieui (Lacep�de, 1802)
9. Micropterus dolomieui Lac épède, 1802
10. Micropterus dolomieui Lacep ède, 1802
11. Micropterus dolomieui Lacep�de, 1802

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: August 29, 2003.

Similar Species

Fish Name Mouth Pigment Pattern Lateral Line Scales Dorsal Fin Lobes Similarity Index Largemouth Bass Extends to or beyond back of eye Thick, diffuse, irregular (zig-zag) lateral stripe; faint in large adults, pronounced in juveniles; tail of young of year not distincly pigmented 60-68 Slightly connected, shortest spine less than half the length of the longest Moderately similar Smallmouth Bass Extends to middle or back of eye but not beyond Solid color, dark mottling, or 9-16 diffuse vertical bars in adults; distinct vertical bars with tail yellow-orange with dark margin in young of year 69-80 Moderately connected, shortest spine more than half the length of the longest N/A

Members of the genus Micropterus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. cataractae (Flint River Smallmouth Bass) · M. coosae (Flint River Smallmouth) · M. dolimieu · M. dolmieu · M. dolmieui · M. dolomeiu · M. dolomicer · M. dolomici · M. dolomicui · M. dolomiei · M. dolomieii · M. dolomien · M. dolomieu (Streaked-Cheek River Bass) · M. dolomieui · M. dolomieui dolomieui (Streaked-Cheek River Bass) · M. dolomieu dolomieu (Streaked-Cheek River Bass) · M. dolomieu velox (Streaked-Cheek River Bass) · M. floridana · M. floridanus · M. melananius · M. notius (Suwannee Bass) · M. nuecensis · M. pseudaplites · M. punctatus · M. punctulatus (Kentucky Spotted Bass) · M. punctulatus henshalli · M. punctulatus hybrid · M. punctulatus puctulatus (Spotted Bass) · M. punctulatus punctulatus (Kentucky Spotted Bass) · M. punctulatus wichitae · M. puntulatus · M. saalmoides · M. salmoides (Northern Largemouth Bass) · M. salmoides dolomieui (Northern Largemouth Bass) · M. salmoides floridanus · M. salmoides pseudaplites (Northern Largemouth Bass) · M. salmoides salmoides · M. samoides · M. sp · M. treculi (Guadalupe Spotted Bass) · M. treculii (Guadalupe Spotted Bass)

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Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• Lyons, John. WiscFish.org University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. Provided photos, physical description, and table comparing similar species.
• Randall, John E. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• University of Alberta: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2522269
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30300
• Fishbase Species ID: 3382
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550562
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQB12020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15035

Footnotes

1. Mean = 531.610 meters (1,744.127 feet), Standard Deviation = 790.390 based on 837 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Billard, R. (1997). Les poissons d'eau douce des rivi�res de France. Identification, inventaire et r�partition des 83 esp�ces. Lausanne: Delachaux & Niestl�, 192p. [back]
3. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman (1973). Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184:1-966. [back]

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