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| White bass (M. chrysops) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Moroniformes |
| Family: | Moronidae |
| Genus: | Morone Mitchill, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814 | |
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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 midwestern and eastern United States.
The word morone is an archaic variation of "maroon". [2] American politician-naturalist Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) first coined the genus in 1814, describing all four species of "perch of New York" he included under the genus (only two of which still remain classified under the genus today) as having "ruddy", "scarlet", or "reddish, rusty and ochreous" fins. [3]
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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 | Morone americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | white perch | fresh water and coastal areas from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario south to the Pee Dee River in South Carolina, and as far east as Nova Scotia, lower Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Long Island Sound and nearby coastal areas, Hudson and Mohawk River system, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay. |
 | Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) | white bass | widely across the United States |
 | Morone mississippiensis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1887 | yellow bass | Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana and may also be found in the Trinity River and the Tennessee River. |
 | Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) | striped bass | Atlantic coastline of North America from the St. Lawrence River into the Gulf of Mexico to approximately Louisiana. |
Bass is a generic common name shared by many species of ray-finned fish from the large clade Percomorpha, mainly belonging to the orders Perciformes and Moroniformes, encompassing both freshwater and marine species. The word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch", despite that none of the commonly referred bass species belong to the perch family Percidae.
The white bass, silver bass, or sand bass is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. commonly around 12-15 inches long. The species' main color is silver-white to pale green. Its back is dark, with white sides and belly, and with narrow dark stripes running lengthwise on its sides. It has large, rough scales and two dorsal fins. They are widely distributed across North America, inhabiting large reservoirs and rivers. When mating in the spring, they are more often found in shallow rivers, creeks, and streams. They have been introduced in some places as sport fish and also to predate on nuisance fish, such as gizzard shad. It is the state fish of Oklahoma.
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