Maryland Bass Hybrid
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Acanthuriformes |
| Family | Moronidae |
| Genus | Morone |
| Species | Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Florida.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida
Counties
- Florida
- Marion
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G3 Vulnerable
National ranks
- Canada
- N4B Apparently Secure (breeding), N4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- United States
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- British Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- S2B Imperiled (breeding), S2N Imperiled (non-breeding)
- New Brunswick
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding), S3N Vulnerable (non-breeding)
- Prince Edward Island
- S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- Quebec
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Connecticut
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- SNA Not Applicable
- New York
- S3 Vulnerable
- Oklahoma
- SNA Not Applicable
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Indiana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Louisiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Missouri
- SNA Not Applicable
- California
- SNA Not Applicable
- Illinois
- SNA Not Applicable
- Tennessee
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arkansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- ND
- SNA Not Applicable
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- ME
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- SNA Not Applicable
- RI
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- SNA Not Applicable
- NE
- SNA Not Applicable
- NJ
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- NH
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Texas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Carolina
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Oregon
- SNA Not Applicable
- NN
- SNA Not Applicable
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- SNA Not Applicable
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- DE
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Hobbs, H.H. Jr. & Franz, R. 1992. Procambarus (Ortmannicus) attiguus, a new troglobitic crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Saint Johns River basin, Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105: 359–365. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607532.
- Morris, T.L. 2006. A biological inventory of aquifer caves in Florida with special emphasis on troglobitic crustaceans and salamanders. Final report S0057 to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 44 pp.
- Walsh, S.J. 2001. Freshwater macrofauna of Florida karst habitats. Proceedings of the 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4011: 78–88. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/101/.
How to cite this account
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2669. https://cavebiology.org/species/morone-saxatilis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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