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Common names: Rock bass
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and southern Hudson Bay basins (Ref. 10294). Transplanted in Atlantic drainages as far south as Roanoke River in Virginia, in Missouri and Arkansas River drainage in Missouri, Arkansas, southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma and in some western states. A popular fish sold in live fish markets (Ref. 53249).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Crapet de roche, Goggle eye, Crapet de roche, ... more

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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Etymology: Ambloplites: Greek, ambloo = blunt + Greek, oplites = shield (Ref. 45335); rupestris: Ambloplites=blunt armature; rupestris=living among the rocks (Ref. 79012).
More on author: Rafinesque.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 10 - ?; profondeur 0 - 21 m (Ref. 120609). Subtropical; 10°C - 29°C (Ref. 12741); 53°N - 34°N, 104°W - 71°W (Ref. 86798)

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North America: St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to northern Georgia, northern Alabama and Missouri (native only to Meramec River) in the USA (Ref. 86798). Introduced to Europe (Ref. 59043).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 86798); common length : 15.4 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); poids max. publié: 1.4 kg (Ref. 4699); âge max. reporté: 18 années (Ref. 72462)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 10 - 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 13; Épines anales: 5 - 7; Rayons mous anaux: 9 - 11; Vertèbres: 29 - 32.

Occurs usually in rocky areas in shallow water of lakes, and the lower, warm reaches of streams (Ref. 1998). Inhabits vegetated and brushy stream margins, pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, and rocky and vegetated margins of lakes (Ref. 86798). Commonly found in clear, silt-free rocky streams (Ref. 86798). Feeds on small crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 30578). An introduced species in Europe which avoids swift waters and occurs in a wide variety of slow-flowing to stagnant waters such as large rivers, lakes, ponds, canals and backwaters (Ref. 59043).

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The males care about the eggs for about 14 days (Ref. 93240) as well as the young (Ref. 2060). In Europe where it is introduced, males fan and defend the nests, which are shallow depressions in sand or gravel bottom along shallow shores. A male may spawn with several females in one nest and guard the nest until larvae leave the nest (Ref. 59043).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 October 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui; Aquarium: Aquariums publics

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.01146 - 0.01742), b=3.11 (3.05 - 3.17), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=2-3; tmax=10; Fec=3,000-11,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)