Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Centrarchiformes > Family Centrarchidae

Micropterus Lacepède, 1802

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)

Literature

original description

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. chez Plassan: Paris, France. v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16.

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Micropterus Lacepède, 1802. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151294

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Micropterus Lacepède, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f49bb318-5d1e-4429-9aad-6efb653f6063

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151294
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:304847

Last modified

2014-11-21 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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