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Morone mississippiensis Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887

Yellow bass
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Moronidae (Temperate basses)
Etymology: mississippiensis: mississippiensis referring to the Mississippi River (Ref. 10294).
More on authors: Jordan & Eigenmann.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten bottenlevande. Subtropical; 45°N - 27°N

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

North America: Lake Michigan and Mississippi River basins from Wisconsin and Minnesota south to the Gulf in the USA; east to Indiana and Tennessee and west to Iowa and Oklahoma in the USA. Lower Mobile Bay drainage in Alabama and from Pearl River drainage in Louisiana to Galveston Bay drainage in Texas, USA.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5723); common length : 23.9 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 12193); publicerad maxvikt: 11.0 kg (Ref. 4699); rapporterad maxålder: 7 år (Ref. 72462)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Occur in pools and backwaters of small to large rivers; also in ponds and lakes (Ref. 5723, 10294). Young feed on microcrustaceans and midge larvae; adults on fish such as shad and silversides (Ref. 10294).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Assuming same mode of reproduction as in M. saxatilis.

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Medarbetare

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 February 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5781   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00654 - 0.02211), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (tmax=6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).