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Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwaterFresh water

Fresh water is water with less than 0.5 parts per thousand dissolved salts....
 and marine species, many of which are native to North AmericaNorth America

North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphere....
 and surrounding waters. All belong to the large order PerciformesPerciformes Overview

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish and are the largest ...
, 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 bassStriped bass

    Commonly known as a striper, rockfish or just "rock", the striped bass is a member of the temperate bass family, which inclu...
     (Morone saxatilis) and white bassWhite bass

    The white bass or sand bass is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae....
     (M. chrysops), belonging to the family MoronidaeMoronidae Overview

    Moronidae, also known as the "temperate basses", is a family of perciform fish consisting of 6 marine species....
    .
  • The black basses, such as the largemouth bassLargemouth bass

    The Largemouth bass is a species of fish....
     (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bassSmallmouth bass

    The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
     (M. dolomieu), spotted bassSpotted bass

    The spotted bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
     (M. punctulatus), and Guadalupe bassGuadalupe bass

    The Guadalupe bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
     (M. treculii), belonging to the sunfish family, CentrarchidaeFacts About Centrarchidae

    The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes....
    .


Many other species are also known as basses, including:
  • The Australian bassAustralian bass Summary

    The Australian Bass, Macquaria novemaculeata is a species of fish in the family Percichthyidae that occurs in coas...
    , Macquaria novemaculeata, a member of the temperate perch family, Percichthyidae.
  • The black sea bassBlack sea bass

    The black sea bass is an exclusively marine fish, also known as sea bass and blackfish....
    , Centropristis striata, a member of the sea bass and sea grouper family, SerranidaeSerranidae

    Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes....
    .
  • The giant sea bassGiant sea bass

    The giant sea bass, also known as the black sea bass, is a fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean....
     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 toothfishPatagonian toothfish Summary

    The Patagonian Toothfish is a large fish found in the cold, temperate waters of the Southern Atlantic, Southern Pacific, Ind...
    , a member of the cod icefish family, NototheniidaeNototheniidae

    The cod icefishes are a family, Nototheniidae, of Perciform fishes, containing about 50 species in 12 genera....
    .
  • The European seabassEuropean seabass Overview

    The European seabass, also known as the sea dace or Lavraki, is a primarily ocean-going fish that sometimes enters...
    , Dicentrarchus labrax, a member of the temperate bass family, Moronidae.
  • The Largemouth bassLargemouth bass

    The Largemouth bass is a species of fish....
    , Micropterus salmoides, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
  • The Smallmouth bassSmallmouth bass

    The smallmouth bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
    , Micropterus dolomieui, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
  • The Striped bassStriped bass

    Commonly known as a striper, rockfish or just "rock", the striped bass is a member of the temperate bass family, which inclu...
    , Morone saxatilis, a member of the temperate bass family, Moronidae.
  • The Spotted bassSpotted bass

    The spotted bass is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes....
    , Micropterus punctulatus, a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.


In some other languages, bass is known as:
Language Term(s)
PortugueseAchegã, Robalo
SpanishLubina, Mojarra
Catalan Llobarro, Llop
French Bar, Loup, Achigan
French Midi Loupassou
Dutch Baars, Zeebaars
German Barsch, Seebarsch
Swedish Havsabborre
Greek Lavráki
Italian Spigola, Spinola, Branzino
Tunisian Arabic Qarous
Turkish Levrek
Venezuelan Pavón
Danish Bars
Russian ????? (Okun')

See also

Bass fishingBass fishing

Bass Fishing is the sport of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the Black bass....

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