#2193 · 🐟 fish

Florida Bass

🇳🇱 Grootbekforelbaars ·Micropterus salmoides

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Phil's 1stPix · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Anthony Brais · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © southernpine766 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Johns Island, Johns Island, SC, US:© David Gardner · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Suwannee County, FL, USA:© Vladimir Dinets · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Florida, US:© Dad is finally uploading observations · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Comté d'Orange, Floride, États-Unis:© Thomas Menut · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Largo, FL, USA:© Liz Childress · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lake George, Fort Mc Coy, FL, US:© Dylan Jacques-Fero · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Fort Lauderdale, FL, US:© Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Florida bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a black bass belonging to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Centrarchiformes. It is found in the southeastern United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,408iNaturalist 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.
5,408 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1802 (224 years ago).