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Morone

Summary

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

Morone
Temporal range: Eocene to present[1]
White bass (M. chrysops)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Moroniformes
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Morone
Mitchill, 1814
Type species
Morone rufa
Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms
  • Chrysoperca Fowler, 1907
  • Lepibema Rafinesque, 1820
  • Roccus Mitchill, 1814

Etymology edit

The word morone is an archaic variation of "maroon".[2] American politician-naturalist Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) first coined the genus in 1814, describing all four species of "perch of New York" he included under the genus (only two of which still remain classified under the genus today) as having "ruddy", "scarlet", or "reddish, rusty and ochreous" fins.[3]

Species edit

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Morone americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) white perch fresh 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 (Rafinesque, 1820) white bass widely across the United States
  Morone mississippiensis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1887 yellow bass Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana and may also be found in the Trinity River and the Tennessee River.
  Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) striped bass Atlantic coastline of North America from the St. Lawrence River into the Gulf of Mexico to approximately Louisiana.

References edit

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. ^ Stormonth, James (1879). Phelp, Philip Henry (ed.). Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language (5 ed.). William Blackwood and sons. p. 371.
  3. ^ Scharpf, Christopher (2016-04-20). "The mystery of Morone: Solved at last?". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Morone in FishBase. December 2013 version.