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If the angler will keep in mind the extent of the maxillary and the number of scales on the cheeks he will experience little difficulty in identifying his catch. LARGE MOUTHED BLACK BASS (Micropterus salraoides) Historical Although the large mouthed black bass was probably known to the early Spanish explorers of the southeastern United States, they made no mention of it that I can find. The French icthyologist Lacepede was also the first to recognize this fish scientifically, his specimen being sent from South Carolina in 1802. He gave it the specific name salmoides or " salmon-like." Range The range of the large mouthed black bass is much greater than that of the small mouthed. His natural distribution extended from Canada to Florida and Mexico and he has been successfully transplanted into every state of the Union as well as abroad. Because of his extended range, the large mouthed black bass has many absurd vernacular names. In the South the term " trout " is applied to this fish and is in general use, and in Wisconsin he is called " green bass"; " Oswego bass " is also a common name throughout the North. Other names are: straw bass, slough bass, moss bass, marsh bass, chubb, green trout, bronze backer. Equally unscientific is it to refer to the small mouthed bass as the black bass, thus suggesting that the large mouthed species is something else — salmoides is as much a black bass as is dolomieu. |
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