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Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)
Largemouth black bass
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Micropterus salmoides
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Mexico country information
Common names:
Huro, Largemouth bass, Lobina negra
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: IUCN, 1990
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Uses: no uses
Comments: Average catch from 1985-90 was around 1500 tons live weight (Ref. 26550). Regulations: catch season: 1 Jun. - 31 Mar.; closed season: 1 Apr. - 31 May; sport fishery: 10 kg/day and 20 cm TL as minimum size; marketed fresh (whole, fillet) (Ref. 26550). Introduced in the Lerma River basin (Ref. 27639). Two host-specific parasites: an ancyrocephalid monogean and the trematode Crepidostomum cornutum were introduced into Lake Pátzcuaro together with the species (Ref. 48731). Listed as rare in the IUCN Red List (Ref. 3881). Also Ref. 86798.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1994
National Database:
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: IUCN, 1990
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Uses: no uses
Comments: Average catch from 1985-90 was around 1500 tons live weight (Ref. 26550). Regulations: catch season: 1 Jun. - 31 Mar.; closed season: 1 Apr. - 31 May; sport fishery: 10 kg/day and 20 cm TL as minimum size; marketed fresh (whole, fillet) (Ref. 26550). Introduced in the Lerma River basin (Ref. 27639). Two host-specific parasites: an ancyrocephalid monogean and the trematode Crepidostomum cornutum were introduced into Lake Pátzcuaro together with the species (Ref. 48731). Listed as rare in the IUCN Red List (Ref. 3881). Also Ref. 86798.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1994
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Micropterus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek,pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); salmoides: salmoides meaning trout-like (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Lacepède.
Etymology: Micropterus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek,pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); salmoides: salmoides meaning trout-like (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Lacepède.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - ?; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 1998). Subtropical; 10°C - 32°C (Ref. 12741); 46°N - 24°N, 125°W - 65°W (Ref. 89798)