Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1332695
Element CodeAFCQB12170
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderCentrarchiformes
FamilyCentrarchidae
GenusMicropterus
SynonymsMicropterus floridanus(Lesueur, 1822)Micropterus salmoides floridanus(Lesueur, 1822)
Concept ReferenceKim, D., A. T. Taylor, and T. J. Near. 2022. Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus). Scientific Reports 12, 9113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11743-2
Taxonomic CommentsBased on a phylogenetic analysis, Kim et al. (2022) determined that the name Micropterus salmoides is the valid name for the Florida Bass and that the oldest available name for the widespread Largemouth Bass is Micropterus nigricans; this revised treatment has been accepted by the American Fisheries Society (Page et al. 2023).
Kim et al. (2022) identified three genetic groups in the Florida Bass, one that occurs throughout rivers in Florida and in the Atlantic Coastal Plain in the north to the Savannah River system of Georgia, a western group found in the Choctawhatchee and Apalachicola River systems and rivers in the Atlantic Piedmont, and a northeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain group, that ranges from the Satilla River of Georgia in the south to the Cape Fear River of North Carolina. This agrees with Phillips et al. (1981) who noted that populations from different regions of U.S. are genetically distinct.