Morone
For people named Morone, see Morone (surname).
| Morone Temporal range: Eocene to present[1] | |
|---|---|
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| White bass (M. chrysops) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Moronidae |
| Genus: | Morone Mitchill, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Morone is a genus of temperate basses native to the Atlantic coast of North America and the freshwater systems of the southwestern and eastern United States.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Morone americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (white perch)
- Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) (white bass)
- Morone mississippiensis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1887 (yellow bass)
- Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) (striped bass)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Morone in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- "Morone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
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