Florida bass
| Florida bass | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Centrarchidae |
| Genus: | Micropterus |
| Species: | M. salmoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802) | |
| Distribution map of the Florida bass. Yellow represents native and purple represents where it has been introduced. | |
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The Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a black bass belonging to the sunfish family Centrarchidae of order Centrarchiformes. It is found in the southeastern United States.