Morone


Morone is a genus of temperate basses native to the Atlantic coast of North America and the freshwater systems of the southwestern and eastern United States.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Morone americana white perchfresh water and coastal areas from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario south to the Pee Dee River in South Carolina, and as far east as Nova Scotia, lower Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Long Island Sound and nearby coastal areas, Hudson and Mohawk River system, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay.
Morone chrysops white basswidely across the United States
Morone mississippiensis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1887yellow bassMississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana and may also be found in the Trinity River and the Tennessee River.
Morone saxatilis striped bassAtlantic coastline of North America from the St. Lawrence River into the Gulf of Mexico to approximately Louisiana.