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Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)

Largemouth black bass
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: experimental | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Introduced by Alvin Seale from California, USA in 1907 as a food fish and for sport. Reintroduced in 1915 and 1958. Stocked in Trinidad Lake, Province of Benguet and in Caliraya Lake in Laguna Province. Established in Lake Caliraya. Reported from Lake Lanao (Ref. 13446, 81887, 95183). Also Ref. 1739, 1998, 6346.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Juliano, R.O., R.D. Guerrero III and I. Ronquillo, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Micropterus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek,pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335);  salmoides: salmoides meaning trout-like (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser benthopelagisch; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - ?; tiefenbereich 0 - 6 m (Ref. 1998).   Subtropical; 10°C - 32°C (Ref. 12741); 46°N - 24°N, 125°W - 65°W (Ref. 89798)

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