Rock Bass
Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Centrarchiformes |
| Family | Centrarchidae |
| Genus | Ambloplites |
| Species | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Saskatchewan
- S2 Imperiled
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nebraska
- SNA Not Applicable
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- S2 Imperiled
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
- District of Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alabama
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- SNA Not Applicable
- Connecticut
- SNA Not Applicable
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Jersey
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wyoming
- SNA Not Applicable
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- SNA Not Applicable
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Rhode Island
- SNA Not Applicable
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
How to cite this account
Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2159. https://cavebiology.org/species/ambloplites-rupestris/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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