Largemouth Bass

Micropterus nigricans

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Actinopterygii β€ΊOrder: Centrarchiformes β€ΊFamily: Centrarchidae β€ΊGenus: Micropterus

About

The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico. It is known by a variety of regional names, such as the widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, largie, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, bucketmouth bass, green trout, Gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass, LMB, and southern largemouth and northern largemouth.