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WoRMS taxon detailsMorone americana (Gmelin, 1789)
151177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151177)
accepted
Species
Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perca americana Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh,
(of Perca americana Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]
Distribution Lake Ontario drainage in Quebec to Peedee River, Gulf of St. Lawrence to South Carolina
Distribution Lake Ontario drainage in Quebec to Peedee River, Gulf of St. Lawrence to South Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151177 on 2025-02-07
original description
(of Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28. [details]
original description (of Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627. page(s): 17 [details] original description (of Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. page(s): 330 [details] original description (of Perca americana Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]   Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Juveniles feed on plankton, adults prefer aquatic insects, crustaceans, fish eggs, smelt, yellow perch, elvers, and their own young [details]Distribution Lake Ontario drainage in Quebec to Peedee River, Gulf of St. Lawrence to South Carolina [details] Habitat Anadromous species, prefer mud bottoms, found to depths of 10 m; landlock populations also exist. [details] Habitat benthic [details] Importance Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details] Predators Striped bass, walleye, bluefish, gray weakfish [details] Reproduction Sexually mature at 3 years; spawn in fresh or slightly brackish waters, lay eggs onto bottom Substrate [details]
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications) (from synonym Perca americana Gmelin, 1789) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (228 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Morone americana) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792) To FishBase (from synonym Perca americana Gmelin, 1789) To FishBase (from synonym Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)) To FishBase (from synonym Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814) To FishBase (from synonym Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789)) To FishBase (from synonym Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814) To FishBase images (Morone americana, USA, by Lyons, J.) To FishSounds To GenBank (1436 nucleotides; 129 proteins) To GenBank (1436 nucleotides; 129 proteins) (from synonym Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789)) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To ITIS |
