Moronidae

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Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moronidae canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
bodyShape laterally compressed
class Actinopterygii
commercialImportance high
commonName temperate basses
containsTaxon Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Lateolabrax japonicus
Lateolabrax maculatus
Morone
surface form: Morone americana

Morone chrysops
Morone
surface form: Morone saxatilis
diet carnivorous
distribution Europe
North Africa
North America
ecologicalRole predatory fish
economicUse food fish
game fish
finFeature soft-rayed second dorsal fin
spiny first dorsal fin
two dorsal fins
habitat brackish water
coastal marine waters
freshwater
hasGillCovers true
hasScales true
kingdom Animalia
notableSpeciesCommonName European seabass
Japanese seabass
striped bass
white bass
order Moroniformes
phylum Chordata
prey aquatic invertebrates
crustaceans
smaller fish
recreationalFishingImportance high
reproduction egg-laying
skeletonType bony fish
spawningEnvironment brackish water
freshwater
taxonRank family
typeGenus Morone
vertebrate true
waterTemperaturePreference temperate

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White bass family Moronidae
Morone chrysops family Moronidae
Morone parentTaxon Moronidae
Morone family Moronidae