Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Centrarchiformes |
| Family | Centrarchidae |
| Genus | Micropterus |
| Species | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Tennessee.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Tennessee
Counties
- Tennessee
- Coffee
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Idaho
- SNA Not Applicable
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- SNA Not Applicable
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Colorado
- SNA Not Applicable
- Connecticut
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wyoming
- SNA Not Applicable
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Delaware
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maine
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S3 Vulnerable
- District of Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- SNA Not Applicable
- Massachusetts
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Hampshire
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oregon
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Montana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- California
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Mexico
- SNA Not Applicable
- Rhode Island
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nebraska
- SNA Not Applicable
- Navajo Nation
- SNA Not Applicable
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- SNA Not Applicable
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- SNA Not Applicable
- Saskatchewan
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Brunswick
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Poulson, T.L. 1961. Cave adaptation in amblyopsid cavefishes. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 185 pp. doi:10.7302/9847
How to cite this account
Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2652. https://cavebiology.org/species/micropterus-dolomieu/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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