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| − | '''Bass''' ([[IPA]] /bæs/) is a name shared by many different species of popular game [[fish]]. The term encompasses both [[fresh water|freshwater]] and [[sea water|marine]] species, many of which are native to [[North America]] and surrounding waters. All belong to the large order [[Perciformes]], or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word ''bass'' comes from Middle English ''bars'', meaning "perch."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/51/B0105100.html | title=Bass<sup>1</sup> | work=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition}}</ref>
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| − | These are some of the most well-known species of bass:
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| − | *The '''temperate basses''', such as the [[striped bass]] (''Morone saxatilis'') and [[white bass]] (''M. chrysops''), belonging to the family [[Moronidae]].
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| − | *The '''warm water basses''', such as the [[largemouth bass]] (''Micropterus salmoides''), [[smallmouth bass]] (''M. dolomieu''), [[spotted bass]] (''M. punctulatus''), [[Guadalupe bass]] (''M. treculii'') and [[rock bass]] (''Ambloplites rupestris''), belonging to the sunfish family, [[Centrarchidae]]. These basses are also referred to as black basses.
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| − | Many other species are also known as basses,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.php?CommonName=bass | title = List of Common Names with bass | publisher = [[FishBase]] | accessdate = 6 June | accessyear = 2006}}</ref> including:
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| − | *The [[Australian bass]], ''Macquaria novemaculeata'', a member of the perch family, [[Percichthyidae]].
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| − | *The [[black sea bass]], ''Centropristis striata'', a member of the family [[Serranidae]].
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| − | *The [[giant sea bass]] ''Stereolepis gigas'', also known as the ''black sea bass'', a member of the family [[Polyprionidae]].
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| − | *The Chilean sea bass, ''Dissostichus eleginoides'', more commonly known as the [[Patagonian toothfish]].
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| − | *The [[European seabass]], ''Dicentrarchus labrax''.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | 1. Bass1. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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| − | 2. List of Common Names with bass. FishBase. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
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