Great Lakes Waterlife Photo Gallery

Fish

Temperate Bass

Family: Percicthyidae (Alt: Moronidae)- Temperate Bass Family

Family Profile

Distribution and Habitat

N=Native, I=Introduced (exotic), X=Extinct, P=Extirpated

Image/Link	Scientific Name	Common Name	Lake Superior	Lake Michigan	Lake Huron	Lake Erie	Lake Ontario	Habitat
	Morone americana	white perch				N	N	littoral/euryhaline
	Morone chrysops	white bass	N	N	N	N	N	river/littoral
	Morone mississippiensis	yellow bass		I				stream/creek/river/littoral, tributaries only

Table modified from "The Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the Great Lakes Fishery" MI Sea Grant Extension, Michigan State University.

ID Guides

White bass or white perch?

Species Profiles

Morone americana - white perch

Fact Sheet - MN Sea Grant
Profile - WI Sea Grant
Profile - Fishes of New York State
Scientific Profile - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Scientific Profile - USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
SGNIS Publications List
GLANSIS

Invaded the Great Lakes through the Erie and Welland canals in 1950. Feed on invertebrates and fishes. Length to 30 cm.

GLERL Waterlife Photo Gallery

Other drawings/artwork:
GLERL Waterlife Photo Gallery
WI Sea Grant
GLFC - Great Lakes Fishtank
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Fishes of New York State

Other photos:
The Virtual Aquarium at Virginia Tech
GLNPO - Great Lakes Invasives
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Morone chrysops - white bass

Profile - WI Sea Grant
Profile - Fishes of New York State
Profile - Fish of Indiana
Identifying Michigan Sport Fish - MI DNR
Profile - Fishes of Minnesota

Scientific Profile - Fishes of Wisconsin

Easily confused with white perch, white bass is a native species preferring clear open waters with a firm bottom at depths less than 30 feet. Travel in schools, which drive minnows to the surface, often attracting gulls. The white bass is a life-long carnivore (meat-eater). As larvae, they begin with waterfleas and copepods but quickly begin to include insect larvae and even larval fish, especially carp. Adults continue to include waterfleas and insect larvae but add sideswimmers and a wide array of fish. Length to 50cm but typically 25 to 35 cm.. MN state record is 457 mm (about 18 in) and 1.8 kg (4 lbs).

WI Sea Grant

Other drawings/artwork:
GLERL Waterlife Photo Gallery
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Fishes of New York State

Other photos:
WI Sea Grant
Fishes of Minnesota

Morone mississippiensis - yellow bass

Profile - Fish of Indiana
Scientific Profile - Fishes of Wisconsin
Scientific Profile - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Feed on fishes and invertebrates. Length to 70 cm.

Fish of Indiana

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