Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass is a freshwater game fish in the sunfish family, a species of black bass native to North America. It is also known by a variety of regional names, such as the brown bass, widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, gilsdorf bass, linesides, Oswego bass, southern largemouth and northern largemouth. But, it is not a member of the bass family but actually a member of the Sunfish family.^[1] The largemouth bass is the state fish of Alabama (official freshwater fish),^[2] Georgia,^[3] Mississippi,^[4] Florida^[5] (state freshwater fish), and Tennessee^[6] (official sport fish).

1. ↑ "Black Bass". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Division of Freshwater Fisheries. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2007.
2. ↑ "Alabama State Freshwater Fish". State Symbols USA. n.d. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
3. ↑ "Georgia State Symbols". State of Georgia. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
4. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Mississippi. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
5. ↑ "State Freshwater Fish". State of Florida. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
6. ↑ "State Symbols". State of Tennessee. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2008.