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Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater
Fresh Water

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 and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch." These are some of the best known species of bass:






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Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater
Fresh Water

Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve....
 and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes
Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch." These are some of the best known species of bass:
  • The temperate basses, such as the striped bass
    Striped bass

    The striped bass is the List of U.S. state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and the state Saltwater fish of New York....
     (Morone saxatilis) and white bass
    White bass

    The white bass or sand bass is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. It is the state fish of Oklahoma. White Bass are unrelated to the black basses, which are members of the Centrarchidae family....
     (M. chrysops), belonging to the family Moronidae
    Moronidae

    Moronidae, also known as the "temperate basses", is a family of perciform fish consisting of 6 freshwater and marine species. Similar to Acropomatidae, Moronidae fish are most commonly found near the coastal regions of eastern North America and Europe....
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  • The black basses, such as the largemouth bass
    Largemouth bass

    The largemouth bass is a species of fish in the Centrarchidae family . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, and southern largemouth....
     (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass
    Smallmouth bass

    The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the black basses, it is a popular gamefish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stock to many cool-water rivers and lakes in the United States an...
     (M. dolomieu), spotted bass
    Spotted bass

    The spotted bass is a species of freshwater fish sunfish family of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to the Mississippi River basin and across the...
     (M. punctulatus), and Guadalupe bass
    Guadalupe bass

    The Guadalupe bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it occurs solely in several rivers on Edwards Plateau in Texas, including the Guadalupe River ....
     (M. treculii), belonging to the sunfish family, Centrarchidae
    Centrarchidae

    The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus . The family's 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies....
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Many other species are also known as basses, including:
  • The Australian bass
    Australian bass

    Australian bass are a small to medium sized, primarily freshwater native fish found in coastal rivers and streams along the east coast of Australia....
    , Macquaria novemaculeata, a member of the temperate perch family, Percichthyidae.
  • The black sea bass
    Black sea bass

    The black sea bass is an exclusively marine fish, also known as sea basses and blackfish. It is a type of Grouper found more commonly in northern than in southern ranges....
    , Centropristis striata, a member of the sea bass and sea grouper family, Serranidae
    Serranidae

    Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the bass and the groupers ....
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  • The giant sea bass
    Giant sea bass

    The giant sea bass , also known as the black sea bass, is a fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean. With its conspicuous size and a curious nature, it is surprising that relatively little is known about its biology or behavior....
     Stereolepis gigas, also known as the black sea bass, a member of the wreckfish family, Polyprionidae.
  • The Chilean sea bass, Dissostichus eleginoides, more commonly known as the Patagonian toothfish
    Patagonian toothfish

    The Patagonian toothfish is a fish found in the cold, temperate waters of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, Southern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Oceans on seamounts and Continental shelf around most sub-Antarctic islands....
    , a member of the cod icefish family, Nototheniidae
    Nototheniidae

    The cod icefishes or nothothens are the family Nototheniidae of Acanthopterygii fishes, containing about 50 species in 12 genera. They are traditionally placed in the perciform assemblage together with their relatives, but like every lineage in the "Perciformes" their actual relationships are not yet determined with certainty....
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  • The European seabass
    European seabass

    The European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, also known as Morone labrax, is a primarily ocean-going fish that sometimes enters brackish and fresh water....
    , Dicentrarchus labrax, a member of the temperate bass family, Moronidae.
  • The Largemouth bass
    Largemouth bass

    The largemouth bass is a species of fish in the Centrarchidae family . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, and southern largemouth....
    , Micropterus salmoides, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
  • The Smallmouth bass
    Smallmouth bass

    The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the black basses, it is a popular gamefish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stock to many cool-water rivers and lakes in the United States an...
    , Micropterus dolomieui, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
  • The Striped bass
    Striped bass

    The striped bass is the List of U.S. state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and the state Saltwater fish of New York....
    , Morone saxatilis, a member of the temperate bass family, Moronidae.
  • The spotted bass
    Spotted bass

    The spotted bass is a species of freshwater fish sunfish family of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to the Mississippi River basin and across the...
    , Micropterus punctulatus, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.