Micropterus salmoides (Lecepede, [1802]) – Bas wielkogębowy – Large mouth bass

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Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range decreasing

Potentially invasive alien species

General charactreristics

Description and biology

Predator

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

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Earliest introduction/record

in 1912

Types of transport

• Intentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

• Fishery in the wild

Type of release into natural environment

• Release in nature

References

• Korycki A. 1971. Bass wielkogębowy. Gosp. Ryb. 8: 16-17.
• Riss J. 1968. Dziesięć lat gospodarki rybackiej w Goczałkowicach. Gosp. Ryb. 1: 8-10.
• Siemińska J. 1956. Hydrobiologiczna i rybacka charakterystyka rzeki Brynicy. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 3: 69-160.
• Woźniewski M. 1973. Możliwości hodowli bassa wielkogębowego do celów wędkarskich. Gosp. Ryb. 9: 18-19.

Life form: Fish

Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae

Scientific synonyms: Aplites salmoides (Lacepède, 1802); Cichla floridana Le Seur, 1822; Grystes salmoides (Lacepède, 1802); Huro nigricans Cuvier, 1828; Labrus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802); Micropterus salmonoides Boulenger, 1895

Polish synonyms: Bas czarny; Bass wielkogębowy

English synonyms: Largemouth bass