Morone chrysops

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Morone chrysops is a North American freshwater game fish in the temperate bass family, known for its silvery body with dark horizontal stripes and popularity among anglers.

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Morone chrysops canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species
freshwater fish
game fish
ray-finned fish
anglingMethod casting lures
live bait fishing
trolling
bodyColor silvery
bodyPattern dark horizontal stripes
bodyShape deep-bodied
class Actinopterygii
commercialUse food fish
commonName sand bass
silver bass
white bass
describedBy Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
diet crustaceans
insects
invertebrates
small fish
distribution Great Lakes region
Gulf Coast drainages
Mississippi River basin
eggType pelagic eggs
family Moronidae
finType soft dorsal fin
spiny dorsal fin
fishingImportance popular game fish
popular sport fish
genus Morone
habitat freshwater lakes
large streams
reservoirs
rivers
introducedTo some reservoirs outside native range
kingdom Animalia
maximumLength about 17 inches
about 43 centimeters
maximumWeight about 3 kilograms
about 6.6 pounds
nativeTo Canada
North America
United States of America
surface form: United States
order Perciformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction spawning fish
schoolingBehavior forms large schools
spawningHabitat shallow waters
spawningSeason spring
taxonRank species
trophicLevel predator
typicalLength 25 to 30 centimeters
waterType freshwater
yearDescribed 1820

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White bass scientificName Morone chrysops
Morone includes Morone chrysops
Moronidae containsTaxon Morone chrysops