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Micropterus pucpuggy

Freeman and Freeman, 2025

Bartram's Bass

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1128102
Element CodeAFCQB12140
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCentrarchiformes
FamilyCentrarchidae
GenusMicropterus
Concept Reference
Freeman, B.J., M.C. Scott, K.N. Petersen, N.J. Bayona-Vásquez, A.T. Taylor, B.G. Hilburn, M.C. Freeman, and J.P. Wares. 2025. Two new species of Micropterus (Centrarchidae) endemic to Atlantic Slope river drainages in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, USA. Zootaxa 5683(1): 67-89.
Taxonomic Comments
This species, described in 2025, is part of the Redeye Bass species complex (Micropterus coosae). Molecular and morphological analyses have shown that the Redeye Bass species complex (Micropteris coosae) is comprised of seven species, each endemic to a single drainage (Freeman and Freeman 2025; Freeman et al. 2015, Baker et al. 2013).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Found in upland streams and rivers.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
North CarolinaS1Yes
South CarolinaS1Yes
GeorgiaS1Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Georgia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Sarah's CreekChattahoochee National Forest6,888
References (6)
  1. Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E Johnston. 2013. Diversity within the Redeye Bass, <i>Micropterus coos</i>ae (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401.
  2. Freeman, B.J., A.T. Taylor, K.J. Oswald, J. Wares, M.C. Freeman, J.M. Quattro, and J.K. Leitner. 2015. Shoal basses: a clade of cryptic identity. Pages 449-466 in M. Tringalli, J. Long, T. Birdsong, and M. Allen (eds.) Black Bass Diversity, Multidisciplinary Science for Conservation, American Fisheries Society Symposium 82
  3. Freeman, B.J., M.C. Scott, K.N. Petersen, N.J. Bayona-Vásquez, A.T. Taylor, B.G. Hilburn, M.C. Freeman, and J.P. Wares. 2025. Two new species of <i>Micropterus</i> (Centrarchidae) endemic to Atlantic Slope river drainages in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, USA. Zootaxa 5683(1): 67-89.
  4. Kim, D., A. T. Taylor, and T. J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (<i>Micropterus</i>). Scientific Reports 12, 9113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11743-2
  5. Rohde, F. C., R. G. Arndt, J. W. Foltz and J. M. Quattro. 2009. Freshwater fishes of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. 430 pp.
  6. Tracy, B.H., F.C. Rohde, S.A. Smith, J.L. Bissette, and G.M. Hogue. 2024. A guide to North Carolina's Freshwater Fishes. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 454 pp. [As modified by subsequent updates at: https://ncfishes.com/freshwater-fishes-of-north-carolina/]