Species: Morone chrysops, White bass


LL 54-58
Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)
White bass
Body oblong, slightly compressed; upper profile of head distinctly arched; mouth large, lower jaw projecting, top jawbone wide at rear and mostly exposed when mouth is closed; jaws with bands of small conical teeth, no canines; bands of small simple teeth on sides and front of roof of mouth; tongue with teeth along sides and an oval (sometimes slightly divided) patch in center; membranes under gills join well forward; gill rakers 19-29; rear edge of opercle with 2 flat points; preopercle rounded, finely serrated; dorsal fin notched to its base between spiny and soft parts, IX + I, 12-14; tail fin forked, heavily scaled on its base; anal fin III, 9-12, its origin well behind origin of soft dorsal fin, second spine slightly thickened and shorter than length of anal fin base when depressed, 3rd spine is 50-75% of fin length; head and body covered with small, rough scales; lateral line continuous, with 54-58 scales.
Bluish, dark green or grey above; silvery below; ~7 dark olive stripes along body, lowermost as rows of elongate dark dashes; dorsal, anal and tail fins have bluey grey outer part, pale inner part; paired fins milky white.
Reaches 45 cm; current IGFA world record 3.1 kg.
Freshwater primarily, but enters brackish water.
Depth range: 0-15 m.
Drainages of the Great Lakes, Mississippi and W to the Rio Grande.

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- Salinity
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- Non Marine
- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Mud
- Freshwater
- Estuary
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Extends North of GC
- Continent only
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 45
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 15