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Definition: Ambloplites

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A genus of Centrarchidae.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Ambloplites" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: Ambloplites

Expressions Definition
Ambloplites rupestris Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Ambloplites A genus of Centrarchidae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Ambloplites

Ambloplites

Ambloplites
Rock bass (A. rupestris)
Rock bass (A. rupestris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Ambloplites
Species

 A. ariommus - Shadow bass
 A. cavifrons - Roanoke bass
 A. constellatus - Ozark bass
 A. rupestris - Rock bass

Ambloplites Rafinesque, 1820, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. The type species is A. rupestris, the rock bass, and the species of this genus are known collectively as the rock basses.

The various Ambloplites species, which grow to a maximum overall length of 30–43 cm (12–17 in) and a maximum weight of 0.45–1.4 kg (1.0–3.0 lb), depending on species, are native to a region extending from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to the lower Mississippi River basin in the United States.

The Roanoke bass (A. cavifrons) is Vulnerable according to IUCN.

The generic name Ambloplites derives from the Greek αμβλύς (blunt) and οπλίτης (bearing a shield).

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