White bass (Morone chrysops) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–13 m.
Scientific name: Morone chrysops · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 45 cm
The white bass is a benthopelagic moronid that inhabits lakes, ponds and the pools of small to large rivers, recorded from the surface down to 13 m. Juveniles feed on small invertebrates such as cladocerans, copepods and midge larvae, while adults are piscivorous, consuming shad, silversides and occasional young sunfish; it spawns near the surface. Its range is North America: the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River) and Mississippi River basins from Quebec in Canada and South Dakota south to Louisiana, and from the Mississippi River in Louisiana to the Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico. Maximum length is about 45 cm total length, commonly about 32 cm, and it can live nine years, maturing at about 28 cm. It is taken in subsistence fisheries, is farmed experimentally and is a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is low to moderate at 26 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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