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Ambloplites

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Ambloplites is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes. The type species is A. rupestris, the rock bass, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the rock basses.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyCentrarchidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded46,911

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
20
Family
Centrarchidae
Collections
CUMV, AUM, KU, VIMS, JFBM, USNM
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Centrarchidae
Image
Ambloplites ariommus.jpg
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Commons category
Ambloplites
taxon name
Ambloplites
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ambloplites
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • Species
  • References

Ambloplites is a genus of North American freshwater ray-finned fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Centrarchiformes. The type species is A. rupestris, the rock bass, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the rock basses.

The various Ambloplites species, which grow to a maximum overall length of and a maximum weight of , depending on species, are native to a region extending from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to the lower Mississippi River basin in the United States.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambloplites” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.