Morone
Morone is a genus of temperate basses native to the Atlantic coast of North America and the freshwater systems of the southwestern and eastern United States.
| Morone | |
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| White bass (M. chrysops) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Moronidae |
| Genus: | Morone Mitchill, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Morone in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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