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Micropterus floridanus  (Lesueur, 1822)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1159343

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cichla floridana Lesueur, 1822
  
  Common Name(s): Florida Largemouth Bass [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyCentrarchidae  – sunfishes, achigans et crapets, lobinas  
                                     GenusMicropterus Lacepède, 1802 – black basses, largemouth basses  
                                        SpeciesMicropterus floridanus (Lesueur, 1822) – Florida Largemouth Bass  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Howard L. Jelks  
  Notes: Retired Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 N.W. 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653   
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 05-Oct-2021, website (version 5-Oct-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2021. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 08 Oct 2021   
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus   
       
  Source: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Database (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/ The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program maintains a database that monitors, records, and analyzes sightings of nonindigenous aquatic plant and animal species throughout the United States. The program is based at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, Florida   
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Near, Thomas J., and James B. Koppelman  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species diversity, phylogeny and phylogeography of Centrarchidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Centrarchid Fishes Diversity, Biology, and Conservation   
  Page(s): 1-38   
  Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell   
  Publication Place: Chichester, West Sussex, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1405133422   
  Notes: Edited by S. J. Cooke and D. P. Philipp   
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Near, Thomas J., Todd W. Kassler, Jeffrey B. Koppelman, Casey B. Dillman, and David P. Philipp  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Speciation in North American black basses, Micropterus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Evolution, vol. 57, no. 7   
  Page(s): 1610-1621   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2157-1597   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00368.x   
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tringali, Michael D., James M. Long, Timothy W. Birdsong, and Michael S. Allen  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Black Bass Diversity Multidisciplinary Science for Conservation   
  Page(s): xvi + 685   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society Symposium 82   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874400, 0892-2284  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Micropterus floridanus, Florida Largemouth Bass [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native & Introduced  
 

 

    

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