Redeye bass
| Redeye Bass | |
|---|---|
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| Typical Redeye Bass from a stream in the Coosa River watershed, N. Georgia (Released) | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centrarchidae |
| Genus: | Micropterus |
| Species: | M. coosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropterus coosae Hubbs & Bailey, 1940 | |
The Redeye bass (Micropterus coosae) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) native to the Coosa River system of Georgia, Alabama. The waters it is normally found in are cool streams and rivers in the foothills of mountains.
Systematics
In 2013, M. coosae was split into five species with M. coosae restricted to the Coosa River system. M. cahabae of the Cahaba River system, M. chattahoochae of the Chattahoochee River system, M. tallapoosae of the Tallapoosa River system and M. warriorensis of the Black Warrior River system were all recognized as separate species.[2]
Description
The upper jaw (maxilla) extends to the back of the eye, which is usually red. There are dark bars on the side, which fade to lighter color in the center.
Growing to a maximum reported overall length of 47 cm (19 in), the redeye bass is one of the smaller black basses. The probable world record for Redeye bass is 5 lb 2.5 oz (2.34 kg) from Lake Jocassee in South Carolina.[3] Many Redeye bass world record listings, especially those over 5 lb (2.3 kg) are actually records for the shoal bass (Micropterus cataractae) which was commonly called Redeye bass.
Its main food tends to be insects.
The rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), a distinct species of Centrarchid, is sometimes called the redeye or redeye bass in Canada.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Micropterus coosae" in FishBase. June 2014 version.
- "Micropterus coosae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Rohde, F. C., Arndt, R. G., Lindquist, D. G. & Parnell, J. F. (1994). Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Notes
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Micropterus coosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Baker, W.H., Blanton, R.E. & Johnston, C.E. (2013). "Diversity within the Redeye Bass, Micropterus coosae (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species" (PDF). Zootaxa (Magnolia Press) 3635 (4): 379–401. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.3.
- ↑ "Westminster Angler Breaks State Redeye Bass Record". South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.