Largemouth bass: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the largemouth bass lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Micropterus salmoides
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Centrarchiformes
Family	Centrarchidae

Where does the largemouth bass live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the largemouth bass in 6 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: People's Republic of China. In Spain, France, Italy, South Africa it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
France (introduced)
South Africa (introduced)
South Korea
Italy (introduced)
Spain (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the largemouth bass endangered?

The largemouth bass’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the largemouth bass?

The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a ray-finned fish in the order Centrarchiformes and the family Centrarchidae, genus Micropterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the largemouth bass

The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous, freshwater, ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico. It is known by a variety of regional names, such as the widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, largie, potter's fish, Florida bass or Florida largemouth, green bass, bucketmouth bass, green trout, growler, Gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass, southern largemouth, northern largemouth, Alabama bass or Alabama largemouth, marsh bass, and swamp bass.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Largemouth bass (revision 1369456426), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q755105 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).