#2260 · 🐟 fish

Smallmouth Bass

🇳🇱 Kleinbekbaars ·Micropterus dolomieu

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The smallmouth bass ( Micropterus dolomieu ) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the black basses, it is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking—as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water tributaries and lakes in Canada and more so introduced in the United States. The maximum...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,504iNaturalist 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.
20,504 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1802 (224 years ago).