Shadow bass

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Shadow Bass

Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Ambloplites
Species: A. ariommus
Binomial name
Ambloplites ariommus
Viosca, 1936
Shadow Bass From Comite River, near Olive Branch, Louisiana
Shadow Bass From Comite River, near Olive Branch, Louisiana

The shadow bass (Ambloplites ariommus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native to Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Georgia.

A. ariommus reaches a maximum recorded overall length of 30 cm (12 in) and a maximum recorded weight of 820 g (1.8 lb).

The shadow bass prefers vegetated stream and river pools.

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