#2173 · 🐟 fish

Rock Bass

🇳🇱 Steenbaars ·Ambloplites rupestris

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The rock bass ( Ambloplites rupestris ), also known as the rock perch , goggle-eye , red eye , is a fresh water fish native to east-central North America. This red eyed creature 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).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,779iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,779 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1817 (209 years ago).