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Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Moronidae
genus
Morone
species
Morone americana

Name

Synonyms
Labrax nigricans DeKay, 1842
Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814
Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814
Perca americana Gmelin, 1789
Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792
Perca mucronata Rafinesque, 1818
Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Homonyms
Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)
Common names
Amerikaanse baars in Dutch
Amerikaanse baars in Dutch
Amerikanbassi in language.
Amerikanische Kermesbeere in German
Amerikansk bars in language.
Amerikansk bars in Danish
Maryland Bass Hybrid in English
Maryland Bass Hybrid in English
Maryland Bass hybrid in English
Sea Perch in English
Sea Perch in English
Virginia Bass Hybrid in English
Virginia Bass Hybrid in English
Virginia Bass hybrid in English
White Perch in English
White Perch in English
White Perch in English
White Perch White Bass Hybrid in English
White Perch White Bass Hybrid in English
White Perch White Bass hybrid in English
White Perch Yellow Bass Hybrid in English
White Perch Yellow Bass Hybrid in English
White Perch Yellow Bass hybrid in English
White perch in language.
Wreckfish in English
Wreckfish in English
bar blanc d'Amerique in language.
bar blanc d’Amérique in French
baret in French
baret in French
baret can in language.
bars in language.
cernier atlantique in language.
havabbor in language.
hvit havabbor in language.
morona in language.
narrow-mouthed bass in language.
perche blanche in language.
robalo do norte in language.
robalo-do-norte in language.
rokiel srebrzysty in language.
sea perch in English
sea perch in language.
seebarsch in language.
silver perch in language.
spigola americana in language.
vitabborre in language.
white perch in English
white perch in English
wreckfish in language.

Bibliographic References

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  3. Froese & Pauly (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
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  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  6. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  7. Irons, Kevin S., Timothy M. O'Hara, Michael A. McClelland, and Mark A. Pegg, 2002: White perch occurrence, spread, and hybridization in the middle Illinois River, upper Mississippi River system. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, vol. 95, no.3. 207-214.
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  11. Orrell, Thomas M., Kent E. Carpenter, John A. Musick, and John E. Graves, 2002: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Analysis of the Sparidae (Perciformes: Percoidei) fromCytochrome b Sequences. Copeia, vol. 2002, no. 3. 618-631.
  12. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds., 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  15. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  16. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  17. Williams, E. P., A. C. Peer, T. J. Miller, D. H. Secor, and A. R. Place, 2012: A phylogeny of the temperate seabasses (Moronidae) characterized by a translocation of the mt-nd 6 gene. Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 80. no. 1. 110-130.
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