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Yellow Bass

Morone mississippiensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 46, February 47, March 74, April 146, May 280, June 131, July 99, August 89, September 94, October 77, November 48, December 43.
United States3,647
Canada1,173
Ontario1,173
Michigan1,083
Texas590
Georgia224
Louisiana222
Iowa216
Illinois208
Wisconsin200

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilyTemperate Basses · Moronidae
GenusWestern Atlantic Temperate Basses · Morone

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